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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Testing the Efficacy of the Red-Light Purple-Light Games in Preprimary Classrooms in Kenya.

Michael T Willoughby, Benjamin Piper, Katherine Merseth King, Tabitha Nduku, Catherine Henny, Sarah Zimmermann

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Michael T WilloughbyEducation and Workforce Development, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Benjamin PiperInternational Education, RTI International, Nairobi, Kenya.
Katherine Merseth KingInternational Education, RTI International, Washington, DC, United States.
Tabitha NdukuInternational Education, RTI International, Nairobi, Kenya.
Catherine HennyInternational Education, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Sarah ZimmermannResearch Computing Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study adapted and tested the efficacy of the Red-Light Purple-Light (RLPL) games for improving executive function (EF) skills in preprimary classrooms in Nairobi, Kenya. A cluster randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the efficacy of the adapted RLPL intervention. Specifically, 24 centers (including 48 classrooms) were randomized to the RLPL or a wait-list control condition. Consistent with previous studies, participating classrooms delivered 16 lessons across an 8-week intervention period. A total of 479 children were recruited into the study. After exclusions based on child age and data quality, 451 and 404 children (90% retention) had completed computerized assessments of EF skills at pre- and posttest assessments, respectively. Children in the RLPL centers did not demonstrate any improvements in EF skills relative to their peers in the wait-list control condition (Cohen's

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early childhoodexecutive functionGlobal Southinterventionlow and middle income countries

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PMID33776855
PMCPMC7990763

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