How Can Resisting Immediate Gratification and Long-Term Goal Development be Developed in Students?

with Judy Willis

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Summary

Ability to delay gratification has been correlated with students’ academic performance in secondary school and found to be greater predictor of academic performance than I.Q. However, until young adulthood the brain is wired to seek immediate gratification. The executive functions of gratification delay, planning, and achieving long-term goals are still developing into their mid twenties. This webinar will describe ways educators can incorporate, into existing units of instruction, guided opportunities to strengthen the neural networks that resist immediate gratification and promote goal-directed habits in students in all grade levels.

This webinar is a part of Judy Willis’ The Brain and Learning Webinar Series.

Recorded August 14, 2012

Community of Excellence: Teaching and Learning

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Resources 

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More Webinars

See other webinars in Judy Willis' The Brain and Learning Webinar Series

• The Essential Neuroscience of Learning (December 11, 2012)
• What Makes the Adolescent and Teen Brain So Different and What Should Educators Do About These Differences? (April 5, 2012)
• Strengthening the Brain’s Executive Functions: The Real Higher Order Processing (April 13, 2011)

See all Judy Willis' webinars

About the Presenter

Dr. Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist and middle school teacher in Santa Barbara, Calif., has combined her training in neuroscience and neuroimaging with her teacher education training and years of classroom experience. 

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