• DOI:10.1016/J.LINDIF.2011.01.007
Corpus ID: 30928137

Relations between Executive Function and Academic Achievement from Ages 5 to 17 in a Large, Representative National Sample.

@article{Best2011RelationsBE,
  title={Relations between Executive Function and Academic Achievement from Ages 5 to 17 in a Large, Representative National Sample.},
  author={J. Best and P. Miller and J. Naglieri},
  journal={Learning and individual differences},
  year={2011},
  volume={21 4},
  pages={
          327-336
        }
}

• J. Best, P. Miller, J. Naglieri
• Published 2011
• Psychology, Medicine
• Learning and individual differences

This study examined age-related changes in complex executive function (EF) in a large, representative sample (N = 2,036) aged 5 to 17 using the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS; Naglieri & Das, 1997a). Relations between complex EF and academic achievement were examined on a sub-sample (N = 1,395) given the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-Revised (Woodcock & Johnson, 1989). Performance on the three complex EF tasks improved until at least age 15, although improvement slowed with increasing… Expand

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