Executive Function

Executive Functioning in High School 

• Self-regulation - managing strong emotions and inhibiting impulsive behaviors
• Attention - sustaining focus, especially for lengthy or challenging tasks that may have many components
• Task Initiation - starting a non-preferred task and overcoming a desire to procrastinate
• Organization - keeping track of materials at home and in school, organizing ideas and information for essays and research papers, managing digital data and files
• Planning and Prioritizing - mapping out multi- step tasks such as long-term class projects, and tackling assignments in order of importance
• Time Management - allocating time for schoolwork and other commitments such as sports, clubs, family, friends, part-time jobs, volunteer work, and other involvements
• Cognitive Flexibility - taking the perspective of teachers and peers and formulating different solutions to problems

Metacognition - the ability to reflect on one's own learning and have self-awareness that drives good choices