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Trial reportPloS one2014

Closing the achievement gap through modification of neurocognitive and neuroendocrine function: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial of an innovative approach to the education of children in kindergarten.

Clancy Blair, C Cybele Raver

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Effects of Prekindergarten Curricula: Tools of the Mind as a Case Study.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 2021
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  11. Impact of an Individualized Cognitive Training Intervention in Preschoolers from Poor Homes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Clancy BlairDepartment of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America.
C Cybele RaverDepartment of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and positive life outcomes, particularly for children in poverty. Advances in neuroscience suggest that a focus on self-regulation in education can enhance children's engagement in learning and establish beneficial academic trajectories in the early elementary grades. Here, we experimentally evaluate an innovative approach to the education of children in kindergarten that embeds support for self-regulation, particularly executive functions, into literacy, mathematics, and science learning activities. Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 29 schools, 79 classrooms, and 759 children indicated positive effects on executive functions, reasoning ability, the control of attention, and levels of salivary cortisol and alpha amylase. Results also demonstrated improvements in reading, vocabulary, and mathematics at the end of kindergarten that increased into the first grade. A number of effects were specific to high-poverty schools, suggesting that a focus on executive functions and associated aspects of self-regulation in early elementary education holds promise for closing the achievement gap.

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LearningReadingAchievementalpha-AmylasesChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolCognitionExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansHydrocortisoneMaleMathematicsNeurosecretory SystemsPovertySalivaalpha-AmylasesHydrocortisone

Identifiers

PMID25389751
PMCPMC4229187

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