Drawing Connections
Teens in the Classroom
Teaching Teens
100

EF stands for this

What is Executive Function? 

100

One response to getting students more engaged in morning classes

What is starting school later?

100

The subject that teenagers struggle with the most in U.S schools 

What is Math?
200

The appropriate amount of sleep needed by teenagers to function efficiently in the classroom

What is 8-10 hours?

200

Amount of freshmen students (college) who spend time in the "penalty box" based on their lack of basic skills to function in a college environment 

What is 20%?

200

The subject that teen students are doing worse in now, than 40 years ago?

What is science?

300

Response Inhibitor 

Cognitive Flexibility 

Working Memory 


What are the core elements of ER?

300

Part of the brain that is under developed still as a teenager (can lead to risky behavior?)

What is the Pre-frontal cortex?

300

A better predictor of college grades than IQ or SAT scores

What is self-control?