When people take this test under laboratory conditions there are detectable differences (as measured in thousandths of a second not so detectable by you or me) between them in the speed with which they name the middle arrow's direction. The test, called the "Flanker" for the distracting arrows that flank the target one, gauges a child's susceptibility to distractions disrupting concentration. Fo cusing on the middle arrow going to the left and ignoring all the others headed right takes lots of cognitive control for a youngster, especially over the arduous course of a series of arrays like this.
Kids gone wild-the ones whom frustrated teachers kick out of their class, or want to-suffer from a deficit in these circuits; their whims dictate their acts. But rather than punishing kids for this, why not give them lessons that help them manage themselves bet ter? For instance, preschoolers who had sessions learning to focus on their breath showed more accurate and faster performance on the Flanker.3
Perhaps no mental skill-as the New Zealand study found matters as much in life success as executive control. Kids who can ignore impulse, filter out what's irrelevant, and stay focused on a goal fare best in life. There's an education app for that. It's called "social and emotional learning," or SEL.
When second and third graders in a Seattle school are get ting upset, they're told to think of a traffic signal. Red light means stop-calm down. Take a long, deep breath and as you calm down bit, tell yourself what the problem is and how you feel.
When people take this test under laboratory conditions there are detectable differences (as measured in thousandths of a second not so detectable by you or me) between them in the speed with which they name the middle arrow's direction. The test, called the "Flanker" for the distracting arrows that flank the target one, gauges a child's susceptibility to distractions disrupting concentration. Fo cusing on the middle arrow going to the left and ignoring all the others headed right takes lots of cognitive control for a youngster, especially over the arduous course of a series of arrays like this.
Kids gone wild-the ones whom frustrated teachers kick out of their class, or want to-suffer from a deficit in these circuits; their whims dictate their acts. But rather than punishing kids for this, why not give them lessons that help them manage themselves bet ter? For instance, preschoolers who had sessions learning to focus on their breath showed more accurate and faster performance on the Flanker.3
Perhaps no mental skill-as the New Zealand study found matters as much in life success as executive control. Kids who can ignore impulse, filter out what's irrelevant, and stay focused on a goal fare best in life. There's an education app for that. It's called "social and emotional learning," or SEL.
When second and third graders in a Seattle school are get ting upset, they're told to think of a traffic signal. Red light means stop-calm down. Take a long, deep breath and as you calm down bit, tell yourself what the problem is and how you feel.
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