Publications by authors named "Morgan Newhouse"
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- Recent global initiatives have significantly increased access to formal education for children, highlighting the importance of school quality indicators in improving literacy and numeracy skills needed for the global economy.
- The study examined children's academic performance related to their age and various school quality measures across 10 diverse populations with different historical experiences in education.
- Key findings revealed that age positively influences academic achievement, while teacher-to-student ratios and availability of writing materials are crucial for improving literacy and numeracy, though the number of students per classroom was less impactful than expected.
Self-regulation is a widely studied construct, generally assumed to be cognitively supported by executive functions (EFs). There is a lack of clarity and consensus over the roles of specific components of EFs in self-regulation. The current study examines the relations between performance on (a) a self-regulation task (Heads, Toes, Knees Shoulders Task) and (b) two EF tasks (Knox Cube and Beads Tasks) that measure different components of updating: working memory and short-term memory, respectively.
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