Promoting executive function in the classroom / Lynn Meltzer
Imprint
New York : Guilford Press, c2010
Descript
xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
CONTENT
Understanding executive function: the challenge for 21st-century teachers : Understanding, assessing, and teaching executive function processes: the why, what, and how ; Creating a classroomwide executive function culture that fosters strategy use, motivation, and resilience -- Scaffolding executive function processes into the curriculum content : Goal setting, planning, and prioritizing: the foundations of effective learning ; Organizing: the heart of efficient and successful learning -- Case studies: addressing executive function weaknesses across the grades : Chris, 11-year-old fifth grader: executive function weaknesses the affect organizing, prioritizing, planning, shifting