A set of cognitive processes that help us accomplish tasks and meet goals.
Executive Functioning (Skills)
Having an accurate understanding of how longs tasks will take and using time allotted for each task to accomplish it.
Time Management
The center of an interest or activity.
Focus
What is the most popular emoji?
Laughing crying face
Who lost by more yesterday: Patriots or Seahawks?
SEAHAWKS
The ability to figure out how to accomplish your goals including steps and what you need.
Planning
How many videos are watched every day on tik tok?
Over 1 billion
The ability to adapt to new situations and deal with changes: shift thinking, try new approaches.
Flexibility
The action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort.
Concentration
Working through challenges in order to accomplish a goal.
Perseverance
The ability to develop and maintain a system to help you keep track of things.
Organizing
Differences in how our brain functions, learns, absorbs information and applies information.
Brain Type
Being able to focus on a task and get a considerable amount of work done or progress made.
Productivity
Attention
What is seen in the middle of March and April, but never in the beginning or end of either month, and never in May?
The letter "R"
The ability to start tasks when you need to without procrastination or being pressured to do so.
Task Initiation
Self-guided, self-disciplined reasoning at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way, considering all information.
Critical Thinking
Easily adjusting to change in task or expectations
Adaptability
A plan (or plans) of action designed to achieve an overall goal.
Strategy
When we lean into a task and are so focused on what we are doing, we don't even think about it.
Flow
An internal state that drives individuals to engage in goal-directed behavior.
Motivation
What movie did we watch in our last class?
Cars 2
or
Frosty the Snowman
Ability to hold information in our brains while we work with it and access it appropriately.
Working Memory
Being aware of what you know and what you don't know - helps you understand what you still need to learn.
Metacognition
Ability to regulate your thoughts, actions, and feelings. To stop and think before you speak or act.
Self Control