Promoting executive function in the classroom /
Helps teachers incorporate executive function processes - such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking - into the classroom curriculum.
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | What works for special needs learners.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Understanding executive function : the challenge for 21st-century teachers. Understanding, assessing, and teaching executive function processes : the why, what, and how / Lynn Meltzer
- Creating a classroomwide executive function culture that fosters strategy use, motivation, and resilience / Lynn Meltzer, Surina Basho
- Part 2. Scaffolding executive function processes into the curriculum content. Goal setting, planning, and prioritizing : the foundations of effective learning / Kalyani Krishnan, Melissa J. Feller, Melissa Orkin
- Organizing : the heart of efficient and successful learning / Kalyani Krishnan, Melissa J. Feller
- Remembering : teaching students how to retain and mentally manipulate information / Donna M. Kincaid, Nancy Trautman
- Shifting and flexible problem solving : the anchors for academic success / Lynn Meltzer, Jennifer Sage Bagnato
- Self-monitoring and self-checking : the cornerstones of independent learning / Jennifer Sage Bagnato, Lynn Meltzer
- Emotional self-regulation : a critical component of executive function / Judith A. Stein
- Part 3. Case studies : addressing executive function weaknesses across the grades. Chris, 11-year-old fifth grader
- Jenny, 13-year-old seventh grader
- Lucy, 15-year-old 10th grader
- David, 17-year-old 12th grader
- Appendix : Reproducibles for the classroom.