EDUC 5620 - Building Executive Functioning Skills

2 Credit Hours

What is executive functioning and how can mastery of these specific skills help a student? Executive functions can be interrelated and include abilities such as task initiation, planning, focus, organization, impulse control, self-regulation, and time management. While some individuals may easily and quickly master these functions, students with deficits in these areas experience great difficulty in starting or completing academic tasks. This workshop will explore components of executive functioning and explain how they impact students in the classroom. Participants will gain practical brain-based strategies to increase executive functioning for all students. Attendees will analyze how cognitive assets, metacognition, working memory, and selective attention play a key role in learning. Transform your classroom into a high-achieving environment where students are responsible for their learning and actions. This course will result in less frustration for you and boost student learning power at the same time. This is a blended class; participants will meet on-site one time and work the remainder of the time using Moodle. Additional computer requirements may be found at www.friends.edu/technology/. Enrollment closes prior to the start date to allow time to establish Moodle accounts.