Philippe Ernewein
Teacher/Writer/Coach/Consultant/Student

What’s so funny about peace, love & executive functioning?:
A workshop about the why, what & how of executive functioning
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Dear Educators,
Too often the conversations, priorities, and training in the teaching world are focused on the “what” we should learn and not the “how” we should learn it.
This session is focused on the how of teaching and learning. Specifically, we’ll spend time with the acronym CROPS and the Magnificent Seven.
During a lesson about strategies for executive functioning, a student coined the term CROPS. Much of the content shared here is a synthesis of Lynn Meltzer’s work at the Institute for Learning & Development (ILD) with additional practical, classroom applications. Other resources are listed below.
Like Dr. Meltzer and her team, we know that skills like planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking are essential ingredients to our students’ performance in school and life. We hope the framework shared here supports the work you are already doing in teaching and learning with students.
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Respectfully,
Philippe
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Resources for the Courage To Risk Conference
Magnificent Seven Slide Deck: highlights
Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI): with a scoring guide for students
Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI): with notes for teachers
Retrievalpractice.org/make-it-stick: wonderful synthesis & creative notes from Make It Stick
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Resources for the University of Colorado at Denver Workshop
Executive Functioning Slide Deck
The Pygmalion Effect: A Story of Rats, Children, and Others by Dr. Robert Brooks
PechaKucha: So All May Learn - The Legal Arc of Inclusion
"Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do" by Josh Foer
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Resources & Works Cited: Books
Anderson, Brent & Linda. Unintentional Humor: Celebrating the Literal Mind. Gund Publishing, 2011.
Brown, Peter C., Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
​Clear, James. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. Avery, 2018
Cooper-Kahn, Joyce & Laurie Dietzel. Late, Lost and Unprepared: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning.
Woodbine House Publishing, 2008.
Dehaene, Stanislas. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine... for Now. Viking, 2020
Meltzer, Lynn. Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom (What Works for Special-Needs Learner). Guilford Press, 2010.
Meltzer, Lynn (Editor). Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice. Guilford Press, 2010.
Vermeulen, Peter. Autism and the Predictive Brain: Autistic Thinking in a Neurotypical World. Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, 2022.