Executive Functions and Self-Regulated Learning in Children With and Without Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs)

Abstract

SLDs are neurodevelopmental disorders with biological origins. Deficits in EFs are common in many childhood neurological disorders such as SLDs, but only a few studies have focused on the cognitive characteristics of students with different learning difficulties. EF's and SRL are often reported in research studies as predictors of academic achievement, both longitudinal and cross-sectionally. However, only a small number of studies have sought to investigate the empirical link between EF's and SRL. Τhus, it is not possible to draw conclusions about the nature of their between. Do the EFs support SRL, or is it the case where they both are simply different? The chapter will try to present in detail the cold and hot aspects of EFs and SRL in children with and without SLD.