Teaching Executive Functions: Modeling Independence From Cradles to College for Success

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Author(s): Angela Owens (Education Service Center – El Paso, USA & University of Texas at El Paso, USA)and Bernice Garcia (Education Service Center – El Paso, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Promoting Higher-Order Skills and Global Competencies in Life and Work
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jared Keengwe (University of North Dakota, USA)and Robert Byamukama (Nkumba University, Uganda & Makerere University, Uganda)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6331-0.ch018

Keywords: Business & Management / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Professional Development

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Neuroscientists have identified Executive Functions (EF) as the skills and processes persons use to engage in purposeful, goal-directed, and future-oriented behaviors. This chapter will consider the correlation between new research about executive functions and implications for educators in nursery, primary, secondary and post-secondary school settings. The first part of the chapter will provide a synthesis of what EF are and how research about the brain is useful for educators. The second part of the chapter will provide recommendations for educators provided in Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educators as well as other resources available for educators intending to improve EF skills in developing children, preparing them for greater success in college and in the workforce.

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