Examining the Effectiveness of Group Games in Enhancing Inhibitory Control in Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Jiao, Xiaoyan; Traverso, Laura; Gai, Xiaosong
Titel	Examining the Effectiveness of Group Games in Enhancing Inhibitory Control in Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 32 (2021) 5, S.741-763 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2020.1802972
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Child Development; Inhibition; Comparative Analysis; Classroom Techniques; Pretests Posttests; Executive Function; Mathematics Skills; Schemata (Cognition); Program Evaluation; Rural Schools; Foreign Countries; Task Analysis; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Receptive Language; Mathematics Tests; Movement Education; Educational Games; Cooperative Learning; China; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindesentwicklung; Hemmung; Klassenführung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ausland; Aufgabenanalyse; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Bewegungsbildung; Educational game; Lernspiel; Kooperatives Lernen
Abstract	Research Findings: Promoting inhibitory control in preschoolers could increase the likelihood of positive developmental trajectories. Nevertheless, to date only a limited number of studies have focused on inhibitory control training, reporting mixed results. To examine the efficacy and the transfer effects of the training on preschoolers, seven group games based on body movement were developed and administered across 15 sessions of 30 minutes each at preschool three times a week for over five weeks. Fifty-one children aged four to five years were randomly assigned to either a control group consisting of 14 girls and 13 boys (M[subscript age] = 4.58; S.D. = 0.32) or a training group with 13 girls and 11 boys (M[subscript age] = 4.60; S.D. = 0.30). The training group had four subgroups consisting of six children each. The pretests and delayed posttests examined executive functions and pre-academic skills while immediate posttests examined only executive functions. There was three months interval between immediate and delayed posttests. Improvements in inhibitory control, other executive functions, and mathematical cognition in the experimental group were greater than those in the control group. Practice or Policy: This design of group games for inhibitory control in preschoolers is effective and it can be improved by expanding game categories and enhancing training environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01