The survival guide for school success
Subtitle: use your brain's built-in apps to sharpen attention, battle boredom, and build mental muscle
By: Ron Shumsky, Susan Islascox, Rob Bell
Contributors: Islascox, Susan; Bell, Rob
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781575424828
Subjects: Study skills; Cognition; Attention; Brain; Study and teaching; Listening; Juvenile literature; Psychology of Learning
Description: "Provides ten tools to help students improve executive functions such as focus, motivation, organization, self-monitoring, and more"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ContentsIntroduction: What's Stupid and Who's NotAttention AppsThe Payoff: Ruling at School; title: and BeyondHow to Use this BookMenu of Attention AppsApp 1: Your Mind's Channel ChangerPaying attention when bored to tearsApp 2: Your Mind's Pizza CutterSlicing work down to sizeApp 3: Your Mind's Video ScreenPicturing yourself atop Mt. WorkApp 4: Your Mind's CheerleaderFeeling great about yourself (instead of down on yourself)App 5: Your Mind's Piggy BankWhy to choose work over play (and what a marshmallow has to do with it)App 6: Your Mind's ActivatorCease C's and attain A'sApp 7: Your Mental WorkbenchJust what was I supposed to do next?App 8: Your Mind's SpeedometerGoing 80 down the highway and 8 down the alley (not vice versa)App 9: Your Mind's CalendarLinking what to do with when to do it (without double-booking)App 10: Your Mind's ObserverHow not to act cluelessIndexAbout the Authors.