Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice.

Abstract

Part 1. Executive Function: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks. M.B. Denckla, Executive Function: Binding Together the Definitions of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities. S. Moran, H. Gardner, "Hill, Skill, and Will": Executive Function From a Multiple-intelligences Perspective. J.H. Bernstein, D.P. Waber, Executive Capacities From a Developmental Perspective. K.W. Fischer, S.G. Daley, Connecting Cognitive Science and Neuroscience to Education: Potentials and Pitfalls in Inferring Executive Processes. Part 2. Executive Function Difficulties in Different Diagnostic Groups: Challenges of Identification and Treatment. L. Meltzer, K. Krishnan, Executive Function Difficulties and Learning Disabilities: Understandings and Misunderstandings. J.A. Stein, K. Krishnan, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Executive Function: The Challenges of Effective Assessment and Learning. S. Ozonoff, P.L. Schetter, Executive Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Research to Practice. Part 3. Interventions to Address Executive Function Processes. L. Meltzer, L.S. Pollica, M. Barzillai, Executive Function in the Classroom: Embedding Strategy Instruction into Daily Teaching Practices. I.W. Gaskins, E. Satlow, M. Pressley, Executive Control of Reading Comprehension in the Elementary School. S. Graham, K.R. Harris, N. Olinghouse, Addressing Executive Function Problems in Writing: An Example From the Self-regulated Strategy Development Model. B.N. Roditi, J. Steinberg, The Strategic Math Classroom: Executive Function Processes and Mathematics Learning. I.W. Gaskins, M. Pressley, Teaching Metacognitive Strategies That Address Executive Function Processes Within a Schoolwide Curriculum. D. Rose, K. Rose, Deficits in Executive Function Processes: A Curriculum-based Intervention.