Executive Function in the Classroom Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
“Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students” by Christopher Kaufman, published by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company in 2010, is an illustrated guide comprising 263 pages. This book provides K-12 teachers with practical strategies to enhance executive function skills, which are essential for students’ academic and social success. It covers various aspects of executive function, including attention, impulse control, time management, and organization, offering clear explanations and classroom examples to help educators understand their impact on student learning and behavior.
Readers will find a wealth of research-based guidance tailored to improve executive function skills across specific academic subjects such as reading, math, and writing. The book includes effective assessment methods to identify students’ strengths and weaknesses, along with strategies to adapt instruction and classroom structure. Additionally, it presents an executive function coaching process to assist students in planning and completing assignments, as well as developing individual behavior support plans. This resource aims to equip teachers with ready-to-use strategies and visual aids, making it a valuable tool for professional development in the field of education.
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Students with strong executive function skills hold the keys to school and social success–from attention and impulse control to time management and organization. Now K-12 teachers have a practical, highly readable guide to enhancing these critical skills for all students, with and without learning disabilities.
Through the author’s memorable metaphors, classroom examples, and crystal-clear explanations of brain functioning, teachers will immediately grasp what executive function is and how it affects their students’ learning and behavior. Then they’ll get the explicit, research-based guidance they need to
- improve executive function skills in specific academic subjects: reading, math, and writing
- choose effective assessment methods to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses in students’ executive function
- adapt their instruction and classroom structure to enhance students’ executive skills and improve “trouble spots”
- implement an executive function coaching process that helps students plan, organize, and complete their assignments
- develop individual behavior support plans that address underlying executive function challenges
An unparalleled practical resource on one of today’s most critical education topics, this sourcebook equips teachers with everything they need to detect and solve their students’ executive function challenges. They’ll get a wide range of ready-to-use strategies based on best practices, visual aids that make new concepts instantly understandable, and photocopiable forms to help students improve in specific executive function areas.
A perfect resource for effective, affordable professional development, this teacher-friendly guide lays a clear and simple path to stronger executive skills for all students-and lasting academic and social success.
Help students improve in key executive function areas:
- organization
- homework completion
- time management
- note-taking
- study skills
- impulse control
- working memory
- planning skills
- self-regulation
- adaptability
- and more!
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