Executive Function and Learning Insights.
- Posted In Discussion
An emotional control discussion is one of the most powerful tools middle school teachers can use to build student self-awareness and teach critical executive function skills. By creating space for open conversations about how emotions impact learning and behavior, we empower students to reflect, support one another, and build habits (...)
- Posted In Application
Helping students improve self-monitoring is one of the most impactful ways high school teachers can support academic success and overall student growth. Self-monitoring—an essential executive function skill—involves a student’s ability to track their own behavior and performance, evaluate it against goals or expectations, and adjust as needed. This skill is (...)
- Posted In Writing
Reflective journaling is one of the most powerful tools elementary school teachers can use to build executive function skills—especially the skill of flexibility. With just a few minutes a day, you can help students grow in self-awareness, adapt to challenges, and develop problem-solving skills—all through writing. Plus, reflective journaling improves (...)
- Posted In Behaviors
When middle school students begin to struggle with large workloads, miss deadlines, or lose momentum on long-term assignments, teachers often see this as a motivational or behavioral issue. But these are often signs of a deeper challenge: executive functioning deficits in planning skills. Understanding the connection between executive function challenges (...)