Objectives: A. Understand that Shifting is an executive function confined to working memory. B. Appreciate Shifting for its mysterious nature and unique features, including that the collaborative presence of the other two core EF components is prerequisite. C. Identify common classroom behaviours that reflect Shifting and school readiness. The third component of the three-component model of executive function is Shifting, our ability to switch our focus of attention within wo

Objectives: A. Understand that EFs differentiate early in life and are evident in child behaviour. B. Appreciate that new measurement tools and a surge of research during the 1990s began improving our understanding of how EFs develop and prepare children for school. At age 6, most children are still mustering full attention to tie their shoelaces. But only a few years later, many of them will be able to tie a shoe while balancing on the other leg and maintaining eye contact a