Developing Executive Function With Priority Lists

Explicitly modeling the process of prioritizing tasks builds students’ ability to organize and manage their time.
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[@growtocycle6992]

This is something a lot of adults could benefit from learning, too!!

[@ms.currysneighborhood2462]

Having taught Middle Schoolers for five years (as well as having raised a Special Needs son and worked as a deadline driven journalist and technical trainer before teaching), I believe this application of the Executive Function skills --- i.e., teaching PRIORITIZING to adolescents --- is critical. I can also report "from the trenches" that we teachers are not taught how to teach this, given time to teach it, or incentivized or encouraged in any way to teach it. So it's not getting done.... These educational videos are truly great, but what about taking them to NEWS SHOWS like on PBS to socialize their importance?

[@ankitagrawal1107]

This is amazing !!!! Loved the idea of 'eating the frog'. Thank you so much Edutopia !!!

[@tundasoreem9261]

I loved this video!

[@sadiaswr]

I wish i had that it was so stressful to figure out which ones to do first as a teen

[@pres8531]

The teacher is using "Eat That Frog" I wish she gave it a reference.

[@nicolesanderson4071]

In what kind of high school do a whole room full of students have ALL the same assignments with all the same due dates?!?! Love the premise but this demonstration/activity is completely unrealistic.

[@edutopia]

Just to clarify, the featured school is a middle school.