Category: Distance Learning
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Parent Perspective: Learning to Homeschool
Alana Bremers, parent and ResearchILD Intern, explains how she learned to homeschool during the pandemic. “While deciding to homeschool my kids wasn’t easy, once I made the decision, I took […]
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Free Executive Function Course: Beyond Organizing
When you think of executive function, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For most people, images abound of messy backpacks and overflowing desks that desperately need organization. […]
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Effective Study Tips
Everyone knows the importance of good study habits, but studying and test-taking look very different these days. With remote learning, students often have to figure out for themselves how to […]
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Learning Recovery: Re-Engage Students with Executive Function
This spring, many students will return to school and in-person learning. Executive function strategies will be key to helping students re-engage and recover from the chaos of hybrid and remote […]
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Executive Function and Online Learning
In a typical school year, students tend to settle into classroom expectations and routines by springtime. This year has been anything but typical. With the radically different context and expectations […]
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Online Resources to Help Students Stay Focused and Engaged
The unpredictable shift between in-person, remote, and hybrid schooling has left many students (and their teachers) feeling unsettled and overwhelmed. Activities that promote movement and mindfulness practices can help students […]
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3 Ways to Strengthen Students’ Self-Monitoring and Self-Checking
Remote and hybrid learning put added pressure on children’s developing executive function processes, especially on the ability to monitor and check their work independently. Here are three ways that teachers […]
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Promoting Executive Function and Hope
The uncertainty of the state of education is taking its toll on teachers, students, and parents. Constantly shifting schedules, unclear directions, and social isolation are chipping away at our motivation […]
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3 Essential Components of Successful Hybrid Learning
Superintendents and principals are starting to release their plans for the fall, ranging from remote learning to in-person instruction with safeguards and a hybrid model combining the two. No matter […]
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20 Icebreaker Questions to Launch Online Lessons
Engaging students at the start of an online lesson can be challenging. How do you quickly connect with students and get them excited and ready for learning online? We have […]