LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

Memory Maestros: Neurocognitive development

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2012	2012	2012	2013	2014
	Phase	1: Baseline and screening	2: Intervention	3: 6 month follow-up	4: 12 month follow-up	5: 24 month follow-up
	Age	6-7 years	6-7 years	6-8 years	7-8 years	8-9 years
	N	1802	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Total: 1269 Substudy: 397
Arithmetic reasoning					T:LSAC-ARS ^I	T:LSAC-ARS ^I O:WRAT4 ^I	T:LSAC-ARS ^I Substudy: 397 O:WRAT4 ^I
Attention					T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397	T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397	T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397
Child development status			P:PEDS ^I ¹			P:M-M ^I	P:M-M ^I
Cognitive functions				O:Cogmed ^I
Executive cognitive functions			P:C3AI-P ^I		P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I O:AWMA ^I T:LSAC-ARS ^I O:WASI-II ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I O:AWMA ^I T:LSAC-ARS ^I P:BRIEF ^I ²	O:AWMA ^I T:LSAC-ARS ^I Substudy: 397 T:BRIEF ^I ² Substudy: 397
Intelligence					O:WASI-II ^I
Language development							O:CNRep ^I
Learning disability			P:C3AI-P ^I		P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I
Memory						P:BRIEF ^I ²	T:BRIEF ^I ² Substudy: 397 O:CNRep ^I
Memory assessment			O:AWMA-BDR ^I ³ O:AWMA-SS ^I ³	O:Cogmed ^I	O:AWMA ^I	O:AWMA ^I	O:AWMA ^I O:CELF-4-RS ^I
Persistence					T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397	T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397	T:GRIT ^I Substudy: 397
Pervasive developmental disorder			P:C3AI-P ^I P:ELVS-DD ^Fam		P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I P:C3AI-T ^I
Visuospatial reasoning			O:AWMA-SS ^I ³		O:AWMA ^I O:WASI-II ^I	O:AWMA ^I	O:AWMA ^I

Featured measurements

AWMA: : Automated Working Memory Assessment
AWMA-BDR: : Automated Working Memory Assessment - Backward Digit Recall
AWMA-SS: : Automated Working Memory Assessment - Spatial Span
BRIEF: : Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function
CNRep: : Children's Test of Nonword Repetition
CELF-4-RS: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fourth Edition - Recalling Sentences
Cogmed: : Cogmed Working Memory Training Program
C3AI-P: : Conners' 3rd edition ADHD Index: Parent
C3AI-T: : Conners' 3rd edition ADHD Index: Teacher
ELVS-DD: : ELVS devised - Developmental Diagnoses measure
GRIT: : Grit Scale
LSAC-ARS: : LSAC devised - Academic Rating Scale
M-M: : Memory Maestros Study-devised measure
PEDS: : Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status
WASI-II: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence: Second Edition
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

Notes

Authorised Australian Version, adapted with permission from Frances Page Glascoe, Ellsworth & Vandermeer Press Ltd.

Adapted and reproduced with special permission from the publisher, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.

Two sub-tests used as a screener for working memory proficiency

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

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