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Jodie Mahoney Center for Gifted Education
William and Mary Center for Gifted Education
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Social & Emotional Development

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Designing a Curriculum to Foster the Executive Functioning Skills of Middle-School Students

Designing a Curriculum to Foster the Executive Functioning Skills of Middle-school Students

Friday, November 10, 2023
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: Fiesta 6
This session describes a curriculum that is part of a federally-funded project to support underrepresented gifted students in STEM, which helps middle-school students foster vital executive functioning skills such as task initiation, time management, project planning, problem-solving, and communication. The session includes details of the curriculum, outcomes, and examples for teachers to implement in their own classrooms.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will describe the importance of executive functioning skills in adolescents' development and their academic and psycho-social performance and success.
  • Attendees will identify key skills and activities needed to foster executive functioning and cognitive skills in the upper elementary, middle, and high-school classroom.
  • Attendees will develop activities for their own curriculum to support the development of their students' task initiation, time management, project planning, problem-solving, and communication.