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'Important' does not have to mean'boring or onerous.’Improvement of critical skills doesnot have to be painful.If children see school and learningas fun, they will want to learn andwill WANT to be engaged in school.
Though often thought frivolous, playmay be essential.The children in Tools, who had moretime to play, performed BETTER onacademic outcome measures than thechildren who had more time in directacademic instruction.
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The “Executive Functions” (EF),
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Being able to…(3) not giving in t
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(b) Working Memory:Holding informat
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orHolding information in mindwhile
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(c) COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITYbeing able
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In summary, Executive Functions inc
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There is much overlap between EF,es
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EF skills are important forschool r
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EF is important for school success.
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Many children beginschool lacking n
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I predict that improving youngchild
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Elena Bodrova & Deborah LeongThe To
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Tools of the Mind is anevidence-bas
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Vygotsky: Engagement in mature make
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Buddy Reading
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For Our Study: Both conditions invo
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All children came from thesame neig
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For our two EF outcome measureswe s
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Page 75 and 76: Dramatically Larger Flanker Effects
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Page 87 and 88: EF skills are not immutable;they ca
Page 89 and 90: Environmental Influence onExecutive
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Page 97 and 98: Take-home Message #4:Feedback Loops
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Page 108 and 109: Storytelling is great forincreasing
Page 111 and 112: Dance is more thanjust movement orp
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