Introduction to Executive Functioning Skills - Executive Functioning Skills or EFS for short, are the skills we use in order to achieve our goals. The bigger the goal , the more EFS we are going to use.

Self Monitoring - in order to keep one's focus, you have to be able to monitor when you lose it and get yourself back on track. This executive functioning skill is known as self-monitoring.

Attention to Detail - one indication of a lose of focus is when people are missing the details.

Organization - one of the best ways to ensure success with study skills is to be organized. This means organization of your space, materials, and time so that you can be as efficient as possible and avoid distractions.

Multi-Tasking - there are times when you are studying where you will have to juggle multiple tasks such as doing math problems, writing an essay, reading a chapter, or studying for a test.

Sequencing - following directions seems like the simplest of executive functioning skills and yet you might be surprised at how poor some people are at it.

Working memory - when you are trying to following directions one of the most important thing is to remember what the directions are.

Collaboration - you are going to use a lot of executive functioning skills when doing groupwork but one of the more important ones is the ability to collaborate.

Conflict management - when working in a group are you able to solve your own problems or do you rely on an authority figure to figure things out for you?

Planning - the executive functioning skill of planning is the act of having clear steps to go through in order to achieve a goal. This is great for lots of things but is especially important for projects.

Synthesizing - on a project where you've been planning and managing your time, there comes a point where you have to put all of your work together into a final product.

Metacognition - the executive functioning skill of metacognition helps greatly with reflection because it involves thinking about your thinking and asking questions of why what you did worked or did not, and what might have happened had you chosen something different.

Follow up - under the executive functioning skill of reflection, you have to have space and place to follow up on whether you are indeed acting upon the lessons you learned from your reflection.

Time management - this executive functioning skill involves taking the time you have been given and using it well.

Goal Directed Persistence - we want students to be able to show grit, especially in longer term projects where the motivating starts to wane. But there needs to be a clear finish line for them to run toward.

Advantages of Learning Public Speaking - public speaking is one of those skills that is very important to possess. The reason being that people who can speak in public are sought after by employers because of their ability to communicate ideas.

Basic structure of a speech - a speech needs to have a structure in order to be strong. This structure is very similar to that of the five paragraph essay.

Reading vs. Presenting in a Speech - when we have text in front of us, we sometimes read it in a very monotone manner, coming off sounding very robotic and without any emotion.

Answering the Rubric - Teachers provide you with a rubric and you tuck it away in your folder never to see the light of day.

Vulnerability - how is being vulnerable a skill? Well, if you are not vulnerable you are less likely to be open to change that comes with reflection.

Details Matter - your teacher has probably said a thousand times to you, give me more detail, show your work, or explain more clearly. Details are the little things that paint the entire picture.

Logos, pathos, and ethos - sounds like a folk group from the 60s but in reality, it stands for logic, emotion, and credibility. These are all tools you need to appeal to when speaking in public, especially if you are trying to persuade an audience.

Using transitions in your speech - in order for your audience to be able to follow where you are going in your speech you have to provide them with signposts that they can follow.

Appropriate Eye Contact in Public Speaking - Public speaking is more than just saying words. You have to make a connection with your audience and there is no better way to do that than making eye contact with them.

The Opening of Your Speech - how you begin your speech is very important. You want to start things out on the right foot.

Your Movement While Giving a Speech - when an audience listens to a speech, they are in a very passive position, typically seated and not able to to move anywhere.

How to Not Sound Like a Robot When Giving a Speech - there are a lot of aspects that go into a speech but one of the main deliverers of information is your voice.

How to Not Sound Like a Robot When Giving a Speech - there are a lot of aspects that go into a speech but one of the main deliverers of information is your voice.

How to be more focused on your confidence while giving a speech - public speaking is supposed to build your confidence but a lot of this is done before the speech is actually given.

Self Regulation is one executive functioning skill that helps you better to reflect. Once you have reflected and set new goals for your next piece of work, it is important that you control what you can control which are you emotions, your actions, and your decisions.

The Importance of the Throughline in Your Speech - a throughline is the heart of your speech. Similar to a thesis in an essay, it is the main idea and/or focus of your speech.

5 Things to Consider in Regard to Your Speaking Voice - there is more to speaking than just the words you say. How you say them is really important.

Are your visuals communicating what you want them to? - a picture is worth a 1000 words so they say. But is it communicating the 1000 words you want it to?

Using counterarguments to strengthen your points - one way to make your argument even stronger is to offer the opposing sides and then refute what they might say against you.

Communicating with Your Hands - there is much more to communicating with your audience in public speaking than just your words.

How to Close Your Speech - do you want to finish your speech with a whimper, or go out with a bang? Obviously you want the former but how exactly does one do that?

Attention Control - being able to focus is a great executive functioning skill to have, but are you able to control that focus should you get distracted or have to sustain this? Attention control is all about using strategies to maintain that focus.

Adaptability - when you are using the executive functioning skill of focus, you have to be able to change with the situation. This is known as adaptability.

Prioritization - when you have to sit down and get some work done, having the skill of prioritization is very important. This allows you to determine what is the more important, or in some cases, more timely work.

Endurance - when you are studying you sometimes have to go for long stretches in order to get to everything you need to. This can be a challenge if you don't have the endurance to do so.

Unpacking - If we do not unpack the important items from our directions, then we are just left with a bunch of stuff and we might miss out on an important detail.

Reviewing - just like checking your answer when you finish a math problem, you need to review the directions you have been following to make sure you have done it correctly.

Flexibility - in order to be able to work well in a group, you must use the executive functioning skill of flexibility. better.

Oversight - when you are working as a group it can be easy to assume someone else is doing something and so it doesn't get done.