The Relationship Between Executive Function and Early Achievement: The Mediating Role of Approaches to Learning

Abstract

Abstract: The present study examined the relationship between executive function and early achievement, and the mediating role of approaches to learning on the association. A total of 245 children aged between three and six years of age were recruited from 6 kindergartens in Shanghai. Children were administered executive function by the head-toes-knees-shoulders (HTKS) task, and early achievement by the language and early literacy and cognitive development subtests of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS) in individual sessions. Their development of approaches to learning was rated by their teachers through the revised Child Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS). The results showed that executive function was significantly correlated with approaches to learning and early achievement in language and literacy, and mathematics. Furthermore, approaches to learning mediated the relationship between executive function and early mathematics.

Key words: executive function, approaches to learning, early achievement in language and literacy, early achievement in mathematics

摘要： 以上海市6所幼儿园245名3～6岁儿童为研究对象，分别采用头-脚-膝盖-肩膀（HTKS）任务、修订后的儿童行为评定量表（CBRS）及亚太学前儿童发展量表中的语言和前阅读分量表以及认知分量表考察执行功能、学习品质及早期语言和数学学业发展状况。结果表明：（1）执行功能对学习品质、早期语言能力和数学能力均有显著正向预测作用；（2）学习品质在执行功能和早期数学能力关系中起部分中介作用，但对执行功能和早期语言能力的关系无中介作用。

关键词: 执行功能, 学习品质, 早期语言能力, 早期数学能力

CLC Number:

B844

ZHANG Li. The Relationship Between Executive Function and Early Achievement: The Mediating Role of Approaches to Learning[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(1): 52-58.

张莉. 儿童执行功能与早期学业能力的关系：学习品质的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(1): 52-58.

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