Building Executive Function: The Missing Link to Student Achievement

by Nancy Sulla

Educators clamor to provide top-notch lessons and resources for students, but if students lack executive function, even the best materials won't produce the desired results. If students haven’t developed the brain-based skills to focus, catch and correct errors, identify cause-and-effect relationships, and more, they can't make sense of lessons. Executive function is the missing link to student achievement. But how can you develop this in the classroom? In this new book, bestselling author Nancy Sulla has the answers. She explains how building executive function requires a combination of activities, structures, and teacher facilitation strategies aimed at six increasingly complex life skills that should be the goal of any conscious control, engagement, collaboration, empowerment, efficacy, and leadership. She also offers a variety of examples, activities, and structures fit for every grade level and subject area. With the book’s practical strategies and tools, you will be inspired, armed, and ready to establish a clear framework for building executive function in all your students.

Genres: Education

180 pages, Paperback

Published October 6, 2017

Reviews

[Danielle G · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little dry but a lot of great activites and structures to practice executive functioning skills. Spoiler alert- you're already routinely addressing executive functioning skills without labeling them as such. The text is helpful in explicitly identifying that. Geared towards upper elementary and above though in my opinion. Maybe others can find things more applicable to primary grades than I can.

[Liz Brulotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to read for a grad class. Wealth of information. Would recommend for anyone who works with children or adults. Lots of valuable information to support children and adult for academic and real life success!

[Corryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of useful ideas for activities and structures, not to mention tons of info about what building executive function entails.