Engaging the Disengaged Reader

Ponder the relationships between executive functioning, struggles with literacy (reading and writing and discussing), and disengagement

How do these factors, or issues, impact student performance in content areas?

Does executive functioning affect social behaviors and self-regulation in the classroom?

Do these behaviors affect literacy learning and mastery in literacy tasks?

How do literacy skills affect success in content learning and performance tasks?

How do all of these factors affect motivation and engagement?

How can teachers provide differentiation in the classroom that promotes student engagement and task completion?

What can teachers do to impact disengaged students who lack motivation?