Executive Function at Home: Metacognition
Posted May 26, 2021
When it comes to school (in person, remote, or homeschooling), parents know a lot about their children. They can often describe, in detail, the...
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Dr. Lynn Meltzer on Metacognition
Posted May 19, 2021
Metacognition is the key to success in school and beyond, not to mention the use of executive function strategies. In SMARTS, we believe...
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Visible Thinking Routines to Support Students’ Learning
Posted April 21, 2021
How can we help our students develop into flexible thinkers? Thinking routines from Project Zero can help make students’ learning processes...
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Learning Recovery: Re-Engage Students with Executive Function
Posted March 16, 2021
This spring, many students will return to school and in-person learning. Executive function strategies will be key to helping students re-engage...
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Maintaining a Growth Mindset in 2020
Posted October 28, 2020
This year has been full of challenging moments that have disrupted our lives, making it easy to sink into negative thinking patterns and an...
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Working Strategically Means Understanding Yourself
Posted October 13, 2020
We all need executive function strategies to operate successfully, whether in school or at the office. Before we can develop effective executive...
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Group Projects and Executive Function
Posted October 7, 2020
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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4 Questions to Promote Student Reflection
Posted August 12, 2020
Helping students to reflect on their executive function strategy use is essential to building their metacognition. When students reflect on the...
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Promoting Executive Function and Hope
Posted August 5, 2020
The uncertainty of the state of education is taking its toll on teachers, students, and parents. Constantly shifting schedules, unclear...
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Metacognition in Action
Posted February 26, 2020
Metacognition is the key to independent learning. Students who know themselves are able to see ways to leverage strengths and circumvent areas of...
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Amishi Jha: How Can We Pay Better Attention to Our Attention?
Posted January 8, 2020
At SMARTS, we believe that metacognition — thinking about one’s own thinking — is an essential component of teaching executive function...
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Self-Compassion and Managing ADHD
Posted June 19, 2019
We all have moments when we experience anxiety, doubt, and frustration. Experiencing stressful emotions is hard enough; managing them, especially...
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