@article{ajap20221015,
author={{Walubita, Gabriel and Matafwali, Beatrice and Chansa-Kabali, Tamara and Mwanza-Kabaghe, Sylvia and Chongwe, Gershom and Kasonde-Ng'andu, Sophie and Mofu, Mubanga and Serenje, Janet and Bus, Adriana},
title={Sex and School Differences in Executive Function Performance of Zambian Public Preschoolers},
journal={American Journal of Applied Psychology},
volume={10},
number={1},
pages={31--39},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajap/10/1/5},
issn={2333-4738},
abstract={Despite a great deal of research on the relations between preschool executive functions (EF) and demographic variables such as age, sex and school variables (classroom organization and teacher behaviours including quality of educational instruction, planning, organization and teacher-learner relationships), not much is known about these associations in Zambian preschoolers. This study was aimed at examining the relations of executive functions to age, sex and school variables in 133 Zambian preschool learners enrolled in urban public preschools aged 5 to 8 years. A between-subjects quasi-experimental research design was utilised. Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank model showed sex and school differences were also observed to be significantly related to executive functions, no significant relationship was found for age. Key implications of the study for pre-primary policy, girl-child education (to discourage child marriage) and preschool teacher professional development in Zambia are discussed.},
doi={10.12691/ajap-10-1-5}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}