Searching for an instrument to measure EF and cognitive development school success examining the cultural practices that facilitates the development of Executive Function.
BRIEF (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function) is an observer-report measure of child executive function.
http://www4.parinc.com/Products/Product.aspx?ProductID=BRIEF
check out Reuven Feuerstein's work on cultural influences on mediated learning.
Executive functions are a multi-faced construct and it is advisable to measure the different aspects with a battery of tests.
Here are three references, which are good examples of this approach:
Agostino, A., Johnson, J., & Pascual-Leone, J. (2010). Executive functions underlying multiplicative reasoning: Problem type matters. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 105, 286–305.
Lehto, J. E., Juujarvi, P., Kooistra, L., & Pulkkinen, L. (2003). Dimensions of executive functioning: Evidence from children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21, 59–80.
Usai M.C., Viterbori P., Traverso L., & De Franchis V. (2013). Latent structure of executive function in five- and six-year-old children: A longitudinal study, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 11, 447-462.
These three studies cover the age range from 5 to 13.
In case you are also interested in preschoolers, please see:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304716646_Drawing_a_dog_The_role_of_working_memory_and_executive_function
Best wishes!
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