Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom

✍ Scribed by Lynn Meltzer

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Accessible and practical, this book helps teachers incorporate executive function processes—such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking—into the classroom curriculum. Chapters provide effective strategies for optimizing what K–12 students learn by improving how they learn. Noted authority Lynn Meltzer and her research associates present a wealth of easy-to-implement assessment tools, teaching techniques and activities, and planning aids. Featuring numerous whole-class ideas and suggestions, the book also shows how to differentiate instruction for students with learning or attention difficulties. Case examples illustrate individualized teaching strategies and classroom accommodations. More than a dozen reproducibles are included; the large-size format facilitates photocopying and day-to-day reference.

✦ Table of Contents

About the Author......Page 7
Contributing Authors......Page 8
Series Editors’ Note......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
PART I Understanding Executive Function The Challenge for 21st-Century Teachers......Page 22
Understanding, Assessing, and Teaching Executive Function Processes The Why, What, and How......Page 24
Creating a Classroomwide Executive Function Culture That Fosters Strategy Use, Motivation, and Resilience......Page 49
PART II Scaffolding Executive Function Processes into the Curriculum Content......Page 76
Goal Setting, Planning, and Prioritizing The Foundations of Effective Learning......Page 78
Organizing The Heart of Efficient and Successful Learning......Page 107
Remembering Teaching Students How to Retain and Mentally Manipulate Information......Page 131
Shifting and Flexible Problem Solving The Anchors for Academic Success......Page 161
Self-Monitoring and Self-Checking The Cornerstones of Independent Learning......Page 181
Emotional Self-Regulation A Critical Component of Executive Function......Page 196
PART III Case Studies Addressing Executive Function Weaknesses across the Grades......Page 224
Chris, 11-Year-Old Fifth Grader......Page 226
Jenny, 13-Year-Old Seventh Grader......Page 228
Lucy, 15-Year-Old 10th Grader......Page 231
David, 17-Year-Old 12th Grader......Page 233
Appendix Reproducibles for the Classroom......Page 236
References......Page 252
Index......Page 268