Executive Functions (Part 1): Understanding Why Some Students Struggle
Perspectives & Resources
Objectives
By completing this module’s Perspectives & Resources section and reviewing its accompanying activities, you will be able to:
- Understand why some students struggle with academic tasks
- Understand the differences in how successful and struggling students learn information
- Know that students with learning difficulties often need to be explicitly taught study skills strategies
Standards
This IRIS Module aligns with the following licensure and program standards and topic areas. Click the arrows below to learn more.
CAEP standards for the accreditation of educators are designed to improve the quality and effectiveness not only of new instructional practitioners but also the evidence-base used to assess those qualities in the classroom.
- Standard 1: Content and Pedagogical Knowledge
CEC standards encompass a wide range of ethics, standards, and practices created to help guide those who have taken on the crucial role of educating students with disabilities.
- Standard 1: Learner Development and Individual Learning Differences
- Standard 5: Instructional Planning and Strategies
InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards are designed to help teachers of all grade levels and content areas to prepare their students either for college or for employment following graduation.
- Standard 1: Learning Development
- Standard 8: Instructional Strategies
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