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Research for Structural Updates to Guidelines 3.0

Explore research that was used to develop structural updates for UDL Guidelines 3.0.

Reorganize executive function across the bottom row

Amodio, D. M., & Cikara, M. (2021). The social neuroscience of prejudice. Annual review of psychology, 72, 439-469.

Basnight-Brown, D., Janssen, S. M., & Thomas, A. K. (2023). Exploration of human cognitive universals and human cognitive diversity. Memory & Cognition, 51(3), 505-508.

Caetano, L. A. O., de Oliveira, W. A., do Nascimento, L. C. G., Manochio-Pina, M. G., Ramos, S. B., & da Silva, J. L. (2021). Relationship between executive functions and bullying: an integrative literature review. Psicologia: teoria e prática, 23(2), 1-23.

Cartwright, K. B., Lee, S. A., Taboada Barber, A., DeWyngaert, L. U., Lane, A. B., & Singleton, T. (2020). Contributions of executive function and cognitive intrinsic motivation to university students’ reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 55(3), 345-369.

Charry-Sánchez, J. D., Ramírez-Guerrero, S., Vargas-Cuellar, M. P., Romero-Gordillo, M. A., & Talero-Gutiérrez, C. (2022). Executive functions in children and adolescents with hearing loss: A systematic review of case-control, case series, and cross-sectional studies. Salud mental, 45(1), 35-49.

Chung, K. K. H., Li, X., Lam, C. B., Fung, W. K., & Liu, C. (2022). What Predicts First–and Second–Language Difficulties? Testing Language and Executive Functioning Skills as Correlates. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 37(2), 85-99.

Cid-Sillero, S., Santiago-Ramajo, S., & Pilar Martín-Lobo, M. (2018). Relation between executive functions and empathy and their influence on academic performance in students of basic vocational training. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 16(46).

Clark-Whitney, E., & Melzi, G. (2023). Executive function and narrative language abilities in emergent bilingual preschoolers: An exploratory study. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 54(2), 584-599.

del-Valle, M. V., Canet-Juric, L., Zamora, E. V., Andrés, M. L., & Urquijo, S. (2024). Executive Functions and Their Relation to Academic Performance in University Students. Psicología Educativa. Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación, 30(1), 47-55.

Doebel, S. (2020). Rethinking executive function and its development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 942-956.

Esposito, A. G. (2020). Executive functions in two-way dual-language education: A mechanism for academic performance. Bilingual Research Journal, 43(4), 417-432.

Fleer, M., Veresov, N., Harrison, L., & Walker, S. (2017). Working with teachers' pedagogical strengths: The design of executive function activities for play-based programs. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(4), 47-55.

Friedman, N. P., & Robbins, T. W. (2022). The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(1), 72-89.

Gago Galvagno, L. G., Miller, S. E., De Grandis, C., & Elgier, A. M. (2021). Emerging coherence and relations to communication among executive function tasks in toddlers: Evidence from a Latin American sample. Infancy, 26(6), 962-979.

Gaskins, S., & Alcalá, L. (2023). Studying executive function in culturally meaningful ways. Journal of Cognition and Development, 24(2), 260-279.

Georgiou, G. K., Wei, W., Inoue, T., Das, J. P., & Deng, C. (2020). Cultural influences on the relation between executive functions and academic achievement. Reading and Writing, 33(4), 991-1013.

Goldberg, E. (2009). The new executive brain: Frontal lobes in a complex world. Oxford University Press.

Goodrich, J. M., Peng, P., Bohaty, J., Leiva, S., & Thayer, L. (2023). Embedding executive function training into early literacy instruction for dual language learners: A pilot study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(2), 573-588.

Haft, S. L., Gys, C. L., Bunge, S., Uchikoshi, Y., & Zhou, Q. (2022). Home language environment and executive functions in Mexican American and Chinese American preschoolers in head start. Early Education and Development, 33(4), 608-633.

Hiver, P., Solarte, A. C. S., Whiteside, Z., Kim, C. J., & Whitehead, G. E. (2021). The role of language teacher metacognition and executive function in exemplary classroom practice. The Modern Language Journal, 105(2), 484-506.

Jukes, M. C., Ahmed, I., Baker, S., Draper, C. E., Howard, S. J., McCoy, D. C., ... & Wolf, S. (2024). Principles for adapting assessments of executive function across cultural contexts. Brain Sciences, 14(4), 318.

Jylkkä, J., Lehtonen, M., Kuusakoski, A., Lindholm, F., Hut, S. C., & Laine, M. (2018). The role of general executive functions in receptive language switching and monitoring. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21(4), 839-855.

Karataş, P., & Aktan-Erciyes, A. (2022). Relation between creativity, executive functions and bilingualism. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 18.

Kieffer, M. J., & Christodoulou, J. A. (2020). Automaticity and control: How do executive functions and reading fluency interact in predicting reading comprehension? Reading Research Quarterly, 55(1), 147-166.

Kira, I. A., Shuweikh, H., Al-Huwailiah, A., El-Wakeel, S. A., Waheep, N. N., Ebada, E. E., & Ibrahim, E. S. R. (2022). The direct and indirect impact of trauma types and cumulative stressors and traumas on executive functions. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 29(5), 1078-1094.

Lu, S., Huang, C. C., Cheung, S. P., Rios, J. A., & Chen, Y. (2021). Mindfulness and social‐emotional skills in Latino pre‐adolescents in the US: The mediating role of executive function. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(4), 1010-1018.

Makmee, P., & Wongupparaj, P. (2022). Virtual reality-based cognitive intervention for enhancing executive functions in community-dwelling older adults. Psychosocial intervention, 31(3), 133.

Marciszko, C., Forssman, L., Kenward, B., Lindskog, M., Fransson, M., & Gredebäck, G. (2020). The social foundation of executive function. Developmental Science, 23(3), e12924.

Miller, E. K., & Cohen, J. D. (2001). An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function. Annual review of neuroscience, 24(1), 167-202.

Miller‐Cotto, D., Smith, L. V., Wang, A. H., & Ribner, A. D. (2022). Changing the conversation: A culturally responsive perspective on executive functions, minoritized children and their families. Infant and Child Development, 31(1), e2286.

Molenberghs, P., & Louis, W. R. (2018). Insights from fMRI studies into ingroup bias. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 404562.

Moron, V. B., Barbosa, D. N. F., Sanfelice, G. R., Barbosa, J. L. V., Leithardt, D. R., & Leithardt, V. R. Q. (2022). Executive functions, motor development, and digital games applied to elementary school children: A systematic mapping study. Education Sciences, 12(3), 164.

Mothes, L., Haag Kristensen, C., Grassi Oliveira, R., Iracema de Lima Argimon, I., Paz Fonseca, R., & Quarti Irigaray, T. (2017). Stressful events and executive functioning in adolescents with and without history of grade repetition. Universitas Psychologica, 16(4), 139-150.

Niebaum, J. C., & Munakata, Y. (2023). Why doesn’t executive function training improve academic achievement? Rethinking individual differences, relevance, and engagement from a contextual framework. Journal of Cognition and Development, 24(2), 241-259.

Pinochet-Quiroz, P., Lepe-Martínez, N., Gálvez-Gamboa, F., Ramos-Galarza, C., del-Valle-Tapia, M., & Acosta-Rodas, P. (2022). Relationship between cold executive functions and self-regulated learning management in college students. Estudios sobre Educación, 43, 93-113.

Relyea, J. E., Cho, E., & Zagata, E. (2023). First-grade multilingual students’ executive function profiles and links to English reading achievement and difficulties: A person-centered latent profile analysis. Annals of Dyslexia, 73(1), 29-52.

Reynaga, L. Q., Aldana, G. G., Bonilla, J., & Barajas, B. V. R. (2020). Relationship between executive functions and impulsive behavior in adolescents: Comparative study. Salud mental, 43(4), 175-180.

Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., Pedroza, J. A., Elias, S., O’Brien, K. M., Lozano, J., ... & Ruiz, A. (2018). The role of executive functioning and technological anxiety (FOMO) in college course performance as mediated by technology usage and multitasking habits. Psicologia Educativa, 24(1), 14.

Shtulman, A., & Young, A. G. (2023). The development of cognitive reflection. Child Development Perspectives, 17(1), 59-66.

Sperling, J., Lee, V. K., Schmid, L., Gray, M., & Kim, J. Y. (2023). A randomized study of El Sistema-inspired youth music education programming: Evidence addressing executive function and social–emotional learning. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

Swanson, H. L., Orosco, M. J., & Kudo, M. (2017). Does growth in the executive system of working memory underlie growth in literacy for bilingual children with and without reading disabilities? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(4), 386-407.

Taboada Barber, A., Cartwright, K. B., Hancock, G. R., & Klauda, S. L. (2021). Beyond the simple view of reading: The role of executive functions in emergent bilinguals’ and English monolinguals’ reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 56, S45-S64.

Tabullo, Á. J., Benegas, J. M., & Vernucci, S. (2023). The role of executive functions in the comprehension of expository and narrative texts by high school students. Suma Psicológica, 30(2), 30-39.

Tran, C. D., Arredondo, M. M., & Yoshida, H. (2019). Early executive function: The influence of culture and bilingualism. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 22(4), 714-732.

Victor, T. S., Jacquet, B., & El Massioui, F. (2024). Exploring stress response’s role in executive function impairments among adults with early adverse childhood experiences. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 4081.

Visu-Petra, L., Miclea, M., & Visu-Petra, G. (2013). Individual differences in anxiety and executive functioning: A multidimensional view. International Journal of Psychology, 48(4), 649-659.

Walton, R. (2020). Executive Function and Working Memory: Influencing Interprofessional Conversations and Collaborative Practices. Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 24(1), 71-81.

Ye, Y., Mo, L. E. I., & Wu, Q. (2017). Mixed cultural context brings out bilingual advantage on executive function. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 20(4), 844-852.

Update from “checkpoint” to “considerations”

McCabe Zwerger, N. (2021) How loud are you willing to be? Not a checklist but some musings for assessing your own moves to advance equity & racial justice. RECenter: Advancing equity & racial justice. Driving transformative change. Retrieved from https://re-center.org/en/re-imagine-blog/how-loud-are-you-willing-to-be-not-a-checklist-but-some-musings-for-assessing-your-own-moves-to-advance-equity-racial-justice

Wang, M. (2022) Why working toward equity takes more than a checklist. Building Impact Partners. Retrieved from https://buildingimpactpartners.com/why-working-toward-equity-takes-more-than-a-checklist/