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Although structured educational interventions can improve specific learning outcomes, relatively few studies have examined whether such interventions are associated with coordinated changes across oral expression, written expression, and reading comprehension.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study examined changes in global cognitive-linguistic performance and its three assessed domains oral expression, written expression, and reading comprehension following a structured didactic intervention among university students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A prospective one-group quasi-experimental pre\u2013post design was used. Twenty-six undergraduate students completed a 6-week intervention comprising 18 structured sessions that integrated cognitive activation, language-focused activities, guided practice, feedback, and metacognitive reflection. Cognitive-linguistic performance was assessed immediately before and after the intervention using a researcher-developed battery. Paired-samples tests, Holm-adjusted\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      -values, mean differences with 95% confidence intervals, within-participant effect sizes, and performance-level transitions were examined.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Global cognitive-linguistic performance increased from 45.35\u202f\u00b1\u202f4.38 at baseline to 56.88\u202f\u00b1\u202f5.54 after the intervention, corresponding to a mean change of 11.53 points (95% CI: 9.64\u201313.42; Holm-adjusted\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001; Cohen\u2019s\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u202f=\u202f2.46). Improvements were also observed in oral expression (mean change\u202f=\u202f4.19; 95% CI: 3.26\u20135.12;\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u202f=\u202f1.82), written expression (mean change\u202f=\u202f3.72; 95% CI: 2.79\u20134.65;\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u202f=\u202f1.61), and reading comprehension (mean change\u202f=\u202f3.62; 95% CI: 2.65\u20134.59;\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>\n                      \u202f=\u202f1.50); all Holm-adjusted\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      -values were &amp;lt;0.001. Twenty-one participants moved to a higher performance category, five remained in the same category, and none moved to a lower category.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participation in the structured didactic intervention was associated with substantial improvements in global cognitive-linguistic performance and across all three assessed domains. The multidomain pattern of improvement and high implementation fidelity supports the feasibility of integrating cognitive, linguistic, and metacognitive activities within university instruction. However, the small sample, one-group design, and absence of delayed follow-up prevent definitive causal conclusions and do not establish generalized or durable cognitive transfer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1779389","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T05:23:28Z","timestamp":1788413008000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Changes in university students cognitive-linguistic performance following a structured didactic intervention"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Te\u00f3filo F\u00e9lix","family":"Valent\u00edn Melgarejo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Communication and Literature, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fidel Alberto","family":"Garc\u00eda Yale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Education Sciences, School of Primary Education, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdiz\u00e1n","place":["Hu\u00e1nuco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gast\u00f3n Jerem\u00edas","family":"Osc\u00e1tegui N\u00e1jera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Education Sciences, School of Primary Education, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Clodoaldo","family":"Ramos Pando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"V\u00edctor Luis","family":"Albornoz D\u00e1vila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ra\u00fal","family":"Malpartida Lovat\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William C\u00e9sar","family":"Santos Hinostroza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of History, Social Sciences and Tourism, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susy Rosy","family":"Santiago L\u00e1zaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of History, Social Sciences and Tourism, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liz Ketty","family":"Bernaldo Faustino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lilia Mariela","family":"Matos Atanacio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isabel Alejandrina","family":"Delzo Calder\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program of Communication and Literature, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pablo Lolo","family":"Valent\u00edn Melgarejo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Education Sciences, School of Primary Education, Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carri\u00f3n","place":["Cerro de Pasco, Peru"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1101","DOI":"10.1080\/13670050.2020.1742649","article-title":"Executive function developmental trajectories kindergarten to first grade: monolingual, bilingual and English language learners","volume":"25","author":"Castillo","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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