Executive function in education : from theory to practice / edited by Lynn Meltzer

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meltzer, Lynn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Executive ability in children.

Learning disabled children--Education.

Learning disabled children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, [England] : The Guilford Press, 2018

Summary:

This groundbreaking volume, now revised and updated, has given thousands of educators and clinicians a deeper understanding of executive function (EF) processes in typically developing children and those with learning difficulties and developmental disabilities.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Also Available

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

About the Editor

Contributors

Preface

Contents

Part I. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks

1. Executive Function: Binding Together the Definitions of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities

2. Hill, Skill, and Will: Executive Function from a Multiple-Intelligences Perspective

3. Executive Capacities from a Developmental Perspective

4. The Development of Hot and Cool Executive Function: A Foundation for Learning in the Preschool Years

Part II. Executive Function in Different Diagnostic Groups: Challenges of Identification and Treatment

5. Learning Differences and Executive Function: Understandings and Misunderstandings

6. Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Executive Function: The Challenges of Effective Assessment and Teaching

7. Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Research to Practice

Part III. Executive Function Processes in Reading and Other Content Areas

8. Executive Function and Reading Difficulties: A Tale of Complexity in Diagnosis and Treatment

9. Working Memory and Reading: Is There Evidence for an Executive Processing Deficit?

10. Self-Regulation and Reading Comprehension: Self-Perceptions, Self-Evaluations, and Effective Strategies for Intervention

11. Creating Strategic Classrooms and Schools: Embedding Executive Function Strategies in the Curriculum

12. The Strategic Math Classroom: How Executive Function Impacts Math Learning

13. Self-Regulated Strategy Development in Writing: A Classroom Example of Developing Executive Function Processes and Future Directions

14. Optimizing Executive Function in the Digital World: Advances in Universal Design for Learning

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4625-3458-9

OCLC:

1018243771