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Areas of executive functioning that impact the ability to problem solve include: inhibition, self-monitoring, organization of materials, emotional regulation, and shifting.
Areas of executive functioning that impact the ability to problem solve include: inhibition, self-monitoring, organization of materials, emotional regulation, and shifting.
Maintaining Positive Relationships
Maintaining Positive Relationships
Use timers when working in a group to allow everyone time to share in discussions
Set goals as a group, break down tasks of the entire project and assign them using a checklist like in Google Keep or in Docs
Clearly define roles at the beginning of a project with responsibilities made clear. Use Version History in Docs to review how the work is being divided up
Click here for a Group Roles guide
Small Group Work
Small Group Work
Use a Shared Google Doc to organize your work
Create a folder in Google Drive for the project, share the whole folder with the group for materials
Assign tasks to yourself and each other with Comments in Google Docs (add a comment, type in someone's email and click 'assign'; that person will receive an email with the task attached)
Use Google Keep to share checklists for tasks (click here for Keep tutorial)
Use timers to keep time for tasks and discussions
Determining how to break up group work:
As a group, review the assignment and write down all the tasks required. Separate entire-group tasks from independent tasks. Write each independent task on a different note card if that’s helpful. Assign deadlines to each task. Equally divide the independent tasks up among group members.
Teachers: Give specific roles for students to have during the assignment (i.e. reader, notetaker, presenter, drawer, etc.)
Use this guide to self reflect about group work.
Problem Solving (social and academic)
Problem Solving (social and academic)
Break down large tasks or assignments
1. When is the project due? Mark due date on calendar.
2. On index cards, write down each task that will need to get done. Be specific!
3. On a table, arrange the index cards in the order they need to get done.
4. Estimate how long each task should take you, and assign deadlines to each task. Put due dates for each task in your calendar!
5.Get started, and only focus on the next “due date” (one task at a time).
Click here for a guide to asking for help from teachers.
Use a graphic organizer to plan out your problem or task
Use Google Keep to make a post-it note of strategies to use in common difficult academic/social situations
Create a Google Keep reminder with a checklist of social expectations. You can set the reminder to go off at a certain time each day or at a certain location. This is great because you can remind yourself of social expectations in different environments such as academic classes, after-school clubs, off campus opportunities, etc.
Watch this video to learn how to break down an assignment.
Use this guide for self reflection on social problem solving.
Self Reflection-Social Problem Solving.docAccessing Resources
Accessing Resources
Sign into Chrome to organize your bookmarks with folders
Organize your files in Drive in folders, which can be color coded or 'starred' for quick access (video tutorial)
Make a Google Keep post-it note for each class (or project) and link to all resources for that class on that one note
Bookmark your classroom websites (teacher websites and Google Classroom) on your Chrome browser so you can easily check each one.
Use the “search tool” in Google drive to search for any documents or items that may be hard to find.
When a peer or teacher shares something with you on Google Drive, immediately add it to your drive using the triangle button on the upper right hand corner, and organize it into the correct folder so it’s easy to find in the future.
Use a graphic organizer
Watch this Google Keep video to learn how to use Keep to pull a research project together.
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