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Ahmed, S. F., Koepp, A. E., & Vandell, D. L. (2026). Teacher-student relationships and adult outcomes: Developmental cascades via childhood executive function and behavioral dysregulation. Child Development, <\/em>1-16. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/chidev\/aacag080<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., <\/strong>Waters, N. E., & Skibbe, L. E. (2026). A randomized controlled trial of HighScope\u2019s teacher professional learning on preschoolers’ executive function skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterl<\/em>y, 76<\/em>(3), 230-239. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecresq.2026.03.012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, N. E., Ahmed, S. F., <\/strong>& Davis-Kean, P. (2025). Socioeconomic status and academic achievement: Developmental pathways through parenting and children\u2019s executive function. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 160, <\/em>106335.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jecp.2025.106335<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaku, N., Waters, N. E., & Ahmed, S. F. (2024). Links between socioeconomic position and cognitive and behavioral regulation in adolescence: The role of pubertal development. Journal of Research on Adolescence, <\/em>34, 1232\u20131246. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jora.12964<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

McRoy, K., Skibbe, L. E., Ahmed, S. F., & Tatar, B. H. (2024). Guidelines and best practices for assessing preschoolers remotely. Frontiers in Public Health 12, <\/em>1376090.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpubh.2024.1376090<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Montroy, J. J., Skibbe, L. E., Bowles, R., & Morrison, F. J. (2023). The timing of executive function development is associated with growth in math achievement from preschool through second grade. Learning and Instruction <\/em>83<\/em>, 101713. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.learninstruc.2022.101713<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Chaku, N., Waters, N. E., Ellis, A., & Davis-Kean, P. E. (2023). Developmental cascades and educational attainment. In C. S. Tamis-LeMonda & J. J. Lockman (Eds.), Advances in Child development and behavior<\/em> (Vol. 64, pp. 289\u2013326). Academic Press https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/bs.acdb.2022.10.006<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grammer, J. K., & Ahmed, S. F. (2023). Informing the development of school-based strategies to promote children’s executive function skills: Considerations, challenges, and future directions. Mind, Brain, and Education 17, <\/em>383-390.<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mbe.12368<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koepp, A. E., Watts, T. W., Gershoff, E. T., Ahmed, S. F., Davis-Kean, P., Duncan, G. J., Kuhfeld, M., & Vandell, D. L. (2023). Attention and behavior problems in childhood predict adult financial status, health, and criminal activity: A conceptual replication and extension of Moffitt et al. (2011) using cohorts from the United States and the United Kingdom. Developmental Psychology, 59<\/em>(8), 1389\u20131406. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001533<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ribner, A., Ahmed, S. F., Miller-Cotto, D., & Ellis, A. (2023). <\/strong>The role of executive function in shaping the longitudinal stability of math achievement during early elementary grades. Early Childhood Research Quarterl<\/em>y. 64<\/em>(3), 84\u201393. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecresq.2023.02.004<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., <\/strong>Ellis, A., Ward, K., Chaku, N., & Davis-Kean, P. (2022). Working memory development from early childhood to adolescence using two nationally representative samples. Developmental Psychology. 58<\/em>(10), 1962\u20131973.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001396<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Skibbe, L. E., McRoy, K., Tatar, B. H., & Scharphorn, L. (2022). Strategies, recommendations, and validation of remote executive function tasks for use with young children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 60<\/em>(3), 336\u2013347. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecresq.2022.03.002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Kuhfeld, M., Watts, T.W., Davis-Kean, P., & Vandell, D. L. (2021). Preschool executive function and adult outcomes: A developmental cascade model. Developmental Psychology, 57<\/em>(12), 2234\u20132249. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001270<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim., M, Bousselot, T., & Ahmed, S. F. (2021). Executive functions and science achievement during the five-to-seven-year shift. Developmental Psychology, 57<\/em>(12), <\/em>2119\u20132133. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001261<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Grammer, J. K., & Morrison, F. J. (2021). Cognition in context: Validating group-based executive function assessments in young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 208<\/em>:105131. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jecp.2021.105131<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waters, N. E., Ahmed, S. F., Tang, S., Morrison, F. J., & Davis-Kean, P. (2021). Pathways from socioeconomic status to early academic achievement: The role of specific executive functions. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 54<\/em>(1), 321\u2013331. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecresq.2020.09.008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, S. F., Tang, S., Waters, N. E., & Davis-Kean, P. (2019). Executive function and academic achievement: Longitudinal relations from early childhood to adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology.<\/em> 111<\/em>(3), 446-458. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/edu0000296<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahmed, S. F., Koepp, A. E., & Vandell, D. L. (2026). Teacher-student relationships and adult outcomes: Developmental cascades via childhood executive function and behavioral dysregulation. Child Development, 1-16. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/chidev\/aacag080 Ahmed, S. F., Waters, N. E., & Skibbe, L. E. (2026). A randomized controlled trial of HighScope\u2019s teacher professional learning on preschoolers’ executive function skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 76(3), 230-239. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecresq.2026.03.012 Waters, N. E., Ahmed, S. F., & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2097,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/acd-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}