We are living in an age of polarized perspectives. Whether we are talking about politics, race, or public health, the news and social media are...
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Project-based learning continues to be popular during remote or hybrid learning, allowing students to interact with each other while connecting...
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The uncertainty of the state of education is taking its toll on teachers, students, and parents. Constantly shifting schedules, unclear...
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At this difficult time I know we’re all looking for ways to help students with learning differences, like ADHD, deal with the challenge of...
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Executive function strategies that help students think flexibly are essential for success in and out of school. As teachers, we often spend time...
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Cognitive flexibility is an essential area of executive function; students who struggle to think flexibly are often rigid and easily frustrated by...
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When first starting SMARTS with a new group of students, I’ll ask them, “What is executive function?” Often a student will say that executive...
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Playing board games and card games allows students to practice a number of skills including problem solving, memory, social-emotional learning...
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I am a “big picture” thinker. Before beginning any work, I have always needed to know how the work I was going to do fit into a large...
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Todd Rose, Director of the Mind, Brain, & Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, highlights how important cognitive...
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I often think of the end of the school year as a mini graduation. Done with one year and on to the next. Instead of getting a diploma and a
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Check out part one of this post here. Shifting, or cognitive flexibility, is one of the key principles of good executive function and one of the...
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