ERIC Number: EJ1147979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Examining an Executive Function Battery for Use with Preschool Children with Disabilities
Kuhn, Laura J.; Willoughby, Michael T.; Blair, Clancy B.; McKinnon, Rachel
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v47 n8 p2586-2594 Aug 2017
Performance-based assessments of EF for use with young children who have or are at risk for disabilities are lacking. The current study investigates the use of a computerized battery for children with subclinical behaviors (N = 846) across a variety of developmental disabilities and evaluates practical information about feasibility of task administration. Results reveal that children with disabilities performed similarly to their typically developing peers across a variety of metrics for evaluating the battery, ranging from percent correct scores to administrator quality ratings. Thus, the battery may be considered an easy-to-administer, performance-based assessment tool in which children with disabilities do not perform systemically worse than typically developing peers.
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Performance Based Assessment, Developmental Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A120033