The Zoo Task: A novel metacognitive problem-solving task developed with a sample of African American children from schools in high poverty communities.

Abstract

Author Contributions. Ellefson, Serpell and Parr submitted the initial grant application and study concept. Aldercotte, Ellefson and Serpell developed the task. Ellefson oversaw the development of the Thinking Games website. Data collection was supervised by Ellefson, Serpell, Aldercotte and Parr. Aldercotte, Ellefson and Tsapali completed the initial data entry and devised the coding scheme for the initial seven categories for the Zoo task for the pilot and main study. Ellefson, Serpell and Aldercotte managed and conducted the scoring, data entry, data cleaning and all other general data management for the metamemory, problem-solving and general cognitive ability tasks. Ellefson, Patel and Tsapali prepared the open science data files and task descriptions. Patel developed and implemented the coding schemes for task accuracy, metacognitive control, monitoring, and evaluation measures as well as the absolute accuracy and bias. Patel analyzed and interpreted the results here as well as for a thesis submitted as partial fulfillment of a master's degree at the University of Cambridge. Patel and Ellefson drafted the manuscript, with critical revisions from Tsapali, Serpell and Parr. All authors approved the final draft.Further Acknowledgements. This manuscript extends the analyses conducted in Jwalin Patel's thesis, which was completed as a part of an MPhil degree program at the University of

Executive function measurement in urban schools: Exploring links between performance‐based metrics and teacher ratings

“…There is a large literature base that supports the use of performance‐based tasks derived from a cognitive psychology perspective for measuring executive function skills (Bignardi et al., 2021; Diamond et al., 2007; Espy et al., 2001; Zelazo, 2006). The tasks described below are commonly used tasks to measure the specific executive function skills linked to them (Luciana & Nelson, 2002; Parsey & Schmitter‐Edgecombe, 2013; Patel et al., 2021).…”