3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue # 36 /  March 16th, 2021

How long can you wait to get your second marshmallow? a classic delayed gratification test. How about when we put it in the context of how much you are willing to share your bounty with those who do not have it? how can you overcome your procrastination? how can you desist from reacting to your peers as a teenager? what would help you as a teacher/parent to ensure a behaviourally positive response each time your student/child does something annoying?

How good are we at planning and then finishing a task that we have started and even how comfortable we are asking for help or adapting to changing situations, depends a lot on how efficient our executive functions are. They are the life skills we need to work on with our students, children and ourselves. Here are a few ways of going about it. Don’t miss Sabine Doebel’s talk on how context and making the goals matter are important for executive functions of the brain.

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Three Images For The Week

Two Thoughts For The Week

“I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!”
― Mark Twain

“you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you’re not sure you’re doing the right thing. You’ll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: ‘The devil is in the detail.’ Remember that proverb and you’ll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.”
― Paulo Coelho

One Video For The Week

You use your brain’s executive function every day — it’s how you do things like pay attention, plan ahead and control impulses. Can you improve it to change for the better? With highlights from her research on child development, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel explores the factors that affect executive function — and how you can use it to break bad habits and achieve your goals.

And Finally…

Dear reader,

I have been a research scientist, a journalist and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I intend to share what I read, learn and experience while I engage with students, parents and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions and ed-tech organisations.

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv  is a newsletter for you to subscribe and enjoy your learning journey with me. This week, it consists of:  3 images, 2 thoughts and 1 video.

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