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Files accompanying a Zoom presentation on Designing an Executive Function Friendly Classroom:
the slideset
a poster on suggestions for minimizing cognitive load
an EF questionnaire that could be given to students for self-assessment or data.
basic suggestions to students to improve in EF categories.
strategies for managing EF Challenges.
supporting EF in the classroom.
overview of study skills.
my Spring 2026 plans, organized by plan component .
my Spring 2026 plans, organized by EF category.
semi-transcript of this talk.
Educational Psychologist Peter Doolittle TED talk about working memory.
Experience over last year, bolstered by a workshop on helping students orchestrate Executive Function, has led me to add the following to my Fall plans:
I will work with the students to develop Mindfulness, Metacognition, and use Deliberate Practice.
It is worthwhile to review the short TED talk by Peter Doolittle (linked above), and the following video (or at least the short portion which the link begins with) The Science of Thinking .
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