What are Executive Functions?
Understand Why We Say They Are "The Key To Your Future"
Executive functions refer to a set of cognitive processes that are responsible for planning, organizing, initiating, and regulating goal-directed behavior. These functions are essential for everyday activities such as decision-making, problem-solving, and working memory. They are also crucial for academic and professional success, as well as for maintaining healthy relationships.
4 Amazing Facts About Executive Function Skills
People with better Executive Functions enjoy a better quality of life
Based on the research of Dr. Adele Diamond, "It’s extremely important to help young children have good executive functioning because EFs early in life have been found to predict lifelong achievement, health, wealth, and quality of life."
According to the research of John Hattie, ADHD, which is also known as "executive dysfunction" may be the single greatest negative impactor on student achievement.
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The executive functions are are a set of processes that are required for managing behaviors. The executive functions work together to allow us to attain selected goals, even while the external conditions of our environment challenge and distract us.
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