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Metacognition:

Thinking about

Thinking

WHY?

Executive Function (EF)

involves activating, orchestrating, monitoring, evaluating and adapting different strategies to

accomplish different tasks.

It’s all about the Plan

Develop a PLAN of action

Maintain/Monitor the PLAN

Evaluate the PLAN

Plan Initiation – ability to initiate the task.

Plan

Ability to shift thinking

Strategize

Plan B

Reflect Ability to reflect and make adjustments

Time Management

What do we do to

help us plan?

Students with learning struggles:

–Don’t make connections–Don’t stop to evaluate their learning

–Avoid revisions–Have difficulty strategizing

What can we do to support Students with executive

function skills challenges?

Explicit strategy instruction

Reduce cognitive overload

Go Paperless! Paper is the disability!

What Does that Look like?

Organization

Promote Independence

Use tools that are flexible, and easy to use

Alternatives to the Checklist Organizer

PBL Checklist for Teachers

Tools

KEYS TO MEMORY

RepetitionImportance of Use of:

ColorGraphics

Teach in context

Teach to make associations

Assistive Technology for Remembering and for Organization

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What do we do to help us

remember?

LOW TECH OPTIONS

Highlightersindex cards, post-it notescolor-codinggraph paper

beepers/buzzers

talking watches

timers

headphones or earplugs to shut out distractions

smartphones - allow the user to verbally store and retrieve information, use camera features

• Visual Schedules• Visual Cues• Verbal Cues (“This is really imp.”)• Cell phones - to do or Did I? list with alarm

Calendar Tools

Notetaking

What do we do to help us

with notetaking?

• Carbonless paper• Peer’s notes• Copies from teacher• Structured Outline to be filled out by student

• Two-column Templates in Word• Student Historian summarizes on class blog or

wiki• Podcasting

• SmartBoard files• Smart Pen• Apps

What do we do to help us

study?

• Flash card sites/apps• Highlighting tools• Repetition and review

Assistive Technology for Math

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