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July 21, 2017Nicole Stucke

Minnesota Executive Function Scale available for Android Users!

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It is with great pleasure we announce the Minnesota Executive Function Scale (MEFS App™) is now available on Google Play for Android users! You can download the free app to your Android Tablet by searching Minnesota Executive Function in the Google Play store. The MEFS App™ is a game-like, drag-and-drop early learning readiness tool designed to provide a brief, comprehensive,…

July 11, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Civic Science to Improve Child Outcomes

By Nicole Stucke advantages of early childhood education, Child Development, early childhood education benefits, educators, executive function school readiness, executive function skills, executive function skills for school readiness, how to improve early childhood education, reflection, research, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children, social emotional activities, social emotional learning Leave a Comment

Mind in the Making author Ellen Galinsky, the Bezos Family Foundation, and leading researchers on Executive Function (including our Co-founders!) make the case for citizens and scientists to work together to address our most challenging and science needs to improve child outcomes in the latest issue of Child Development. Contact us to request the article.

June 30, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Free, Live, Webcast!

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We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a free, live, webcast with Reflection Sciences Co-founder and CEO, Dr. Stephanie Carlson and St. Anthony – New Brighton Community Services Director, Wendy Webster! The session will be held on Thursday, July 13th from 11:00 to 11:45 AM CDT. We will discuss how St. Anthony…

May 30, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Montessori Outcomes for Success

By Nicole Stucke Child Development, early childhood education benefits, educators, emotional development, Executive Function, Executive Function National Support Efforts, executive function school readiness, how to improve early childhood education, measuring executive function in montessori schools, Montessori Education, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children, social emotional activities, social emotional learning Leave a Comment

Each week, the Montessori Foundation’s Montessori Leadership Institute hosts live sessions focusing on Montessori outcomes for success and the importance of Montessori education. Sessions are led by Montessori Foundation experts or guest speakers. This Wednesday’s session [1:00 PM Eastern Time in the USA (GMT -4)] will be hosted by Dr. Katie Brown, DC Regional Coordinator…

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April 7, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Development of Consciousness in Childhood

By Nicole Stucke Child Development, Executive Function, executive function assessment, executive function in early education, reflection, research, self regulation in children, stages of consciousness Leave a Comment

The development of consciousness in childhood in relation to Executive Function (EF) skills is one that psychologists are just beginning to understand. Dr. Phil Zelazo is Reflection Sciences’ co-founder and the Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. In this online lecture featured by…

February 17, 2017Nicole Stucke

Reflection Sciences News

University of Minnesota – CEHD’s CEED partners with Reflection Sciences

By Nicole Stucke achievement gap, advantages of early childhood education, Child Development, early childhood education benefits, educators, executive function in early education, executive function school readiness, executive function skills for school readiness, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children, social emotional learning, teachers Leave a Comment

by Cassandra Blohowiak The Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) has partnered with tech start-up Reflection Sciences to conduct on-site trainings on the Minnesota Executive Function Scale (MEFS) in Minnesota. The MEFS is a testing app that early educators can use to measure executive function (EF) and early learning readiness in children. It is the only early learning readiness assessment measuring…

February 10, 2017Nicole Stucke

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Pretend Play – How To Get Kids to Focus Using Superheroes

By Nicole Stucke advantages of early childhood education, Child Development, early childhood education benefits, executive function school readiness, executive function skills for school readiness, Play, Psychological Distancing, reflection, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children, social emotional activities, social emotional learning, teachers Leave a Comment

For young children, pretend play is so much more important than just having fun. In a study by Dr. Stephanie M. Carlson, University of Minnesota Professor and Reflection Sciences CEO and Co-founder, and U of MN alums Dr. Rachel White, Dr. Emily Prager, and Catherine Schaefer, children who pretend to be their strong-minded hero are…

December 16, 2016Nicole Stucke

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Self Regulation in Children: Improving Executive Function

By Nicole Stucke Executive Function, executive function assessment, executive function in charter schools, executive function in early education, Executive Function National Support Efforts, executive function skills for school readiness, executive function strategies, executive function strategies for parents, measuring executive function in charter schools, self regulation in children, self regulation skills for children Leave a Comment

The Harvard Graduate School of Education members Stephanie M. Jones, Rebecca Bailey, Sophie P. Barnes, and Ann Partee released a project report highlighting how to define executive function, a skillset for self regulation in children. They also describe national efforts to support executive function, featuring Tools of the Mind, Lumosity, the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, the KIPP…

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