2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The execution functional training program for improving the first grader problem
| Project/Area Number |
24600009
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
子ども学(子ども環境学)
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| Research Institution | Hyogo University of Teacher Education |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 実行機能 / セルフレギュレーション / 抑制機能 / ワーキングメモリ / 就学前児 / 小１プロブレム |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have the “first grader problem” in Japan. We think that this problem originated in the immaturity of a child's execution function (EF). Hence, we developed EF reinforcement program in Japan called Social Thinking and Academic Readiness Training (START; Imai-Matsumura, 2010). The current study investigated the differences in the effects of the START program academic readiness lessons on EF, behavioral self-regulation, and children’s switching response to teacher’s directions in 4- and 5-year-old children. The EF improved after the START lessons in both age groups. The significant relationship between the EF before entering school and the study results after elementary school entrance also became clear.
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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学、発達科学
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