by Nina Parrish | Apr 1, 2023 | Academic Coaching, Education, Executive Functioning, Executive Functioning, Metacognition, Students, Study Skills, Teachers, The Independent Learner
A recent review of the research by the Educational Endowment Foundation found metacognition and self-regulation to be the most high-impact classroom strategy taking into consideration both evidence from research and implementation cost. According to psychologist...
by Nina Parrish | Mar 20, 2023 | Academic Coaching, Education, Executive Functioning, Executive Functioning, Students, Study Skills, Teachers, The Independent Learner
Many of us are familiar with the idea that practice helps to improve performance. We have heard familiar mantras like, “Practice makes perfect”. We may have even read books about practice such as, Malcolm Gladwell’s, 2011 bestseller, Outliers: The Story of Success....
by Nina Parrish | Feb 3, 2021 | Education, Executive Functioning, Organization, Study Skills
Executive functioning skills are the mental abilities that allow us to engage in goal-oriented actions. Imagine that your executive functioning is like the air traffic controller of your brain. All of this information is flying in from all directions, and we use our...