What is executive functioning? How might it be fostered in struggling readers?

What will be an ideal response?


Executive functioning refers to activities under an individual's cognitive control:
• Setting goals and making plans to reach them
• Monitoring one's thought process to see whether goal-directed activities are being completed  
• Solving problems 
• Organizing
• Includes self-regulation 
Developing executive functioning:
• Provide systematic specific instruction
• Help students set goals, work toward goals, assess progress, overcome obstacles  
• Model self-regulation

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