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What is Cognitive Flexibility

Chapter 10
Cutting-Edge Language and Literacy Tools for Students on the Autism Spectrum
The ability to switch between mental processes—e.g., to sort cards first by one criterion (shape), and then, in response to changes in implicit feedback, by another criterion (color). Several studies show this shifting ability to be impaired in autism.
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The Broader Benefits of Teaching Language and Literacy to Students Across the Autism Spectrum
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9442-1.ch010
Abstract
This chapter reviews the broader benefits of teaching language and literacy to individuals across the autism spectrum. It discusses how language empowers communication in general and language instruction in particular. It discusses how language can also reduce frustration and anxiety and mitigate challenging behaviors. It then discusses various connections between linguistic and cognitive skills and processes and how these connections suggest ways in which language learning may increase cognitive flexibility and abstract thinking. Next, it turns to the crucial role of language in accessing the classroom curriculum, in boosting social engagement and perspective taking skills and providing opportunities for social learning. It concludes with a discussion of why individuals with autism are especially dependent on language.
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Chapter 7
Improve Through Improv: An Examination of the Art and Science of Improv
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Chapter 22
The Beam Analysis Tool (BAT)
The ability to spontaneously restructure one’s knowledge, in many ways, in adaptive response to radically changing situational demands.
Published in Chapter: The Beam Analysis Tool (BAT); From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 7
Cognitive and Linguistic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders
The ability to move from one mental set to another.
Published in Chapter: Cognitive and Linguistic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders; From: Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
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Chapter 13
Connecting “Third Space” Pedagogy With Employability in Arabic Language Classes Through Virtual Exchange: A Survey of Arab-American Communities Across the US
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Chapter 15
The Relevance of the Early Childhood Executive Functions With Preliteracy Learning: An Early Intervention Training Software in High Ability Preschoolers
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Chapter 10
Flipped Classroom, Cognitive Flexibility Theory, and Cognitive Operators of Complexity: Developing TPACK in Pre-Service Teacher Education
From the perspective of cognitive flexibility theory, it is the ability to apply the knowledge learned in a context different from the learning task.
Published in Chapter: Flipped Classroom, Cognitive Flexibility Theory, and Cognitive Operators of Complexity: Developing TPACK in Pre-Service Teacher Education; From: Handbook of Research on TPACK in the Digital Age
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Chapter 10
Cogni-Prelit: Empowering Executive Functions Embedded With Preliteracy Learning in Preschool Children at Risk for Reading Difficulties
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Chapter 2
Introduction to the Core Attention and Socio-Cognitive Deficits of Autism
The ability to switch between mental processes—e.g., to sort cards first by one criterion (shape), and then, in response to changes in implicit feedback, by another criterion (color). Several studies show this shifting ability to be impaired in autism.
Published in Chapter: Introduction to the Core Attention and Socio-Cognitive Deficits of Autism; From: Cutting-Edge Language and Literacy Tools for Students on the Autism Spectrum
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Chapter 5
Creating Expert Learners in Remote Classrooms: Strategies to Support Executive Functioning Skills
The ability to move from one task to another quickly and to see events from other perspectives.
Published in Chapter: Creating Expert Learners in Remote Classrooms: Strategies to Support Executive Functioning Skills; From: Engaging Students With Disabilities in Remote Learning Environments
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Chapter 5
Shifting to Online Learning Through Cognitive Flexibility
An ability of the mind to adapt to new challenging situations by shifting attention and creative reassembling of preexisting knowledge.
Published in Chapter: Shifting to Online Learning Through Cognitive Flexibility; From: Shifting to Online Learning Through Faculty Collaborative Support
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Teachers' Code-Switching in Bilingual Primary Education: A Literary Review of its Pedagogical Functions
The human capacity to adapt one’s cognitive strategies to meet the demands of a new environment.
Published in Chapter: Teachers' Code-Switching in Bilingual Primary Education: A Literary Review of its Pedagogical Functions; From: Handbook of Research on Training Teachers for Bilingual Education in Primary Schools
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Personality Traits and Fans' Motives for Attention to Fictional Narratives
A tendency to be able to adapt mentally to new conditions and to entertain conflicting ideas simultaneously.
Published in Chapter: Personality Traits and Fans' Motives for Attention to Fictional Narratives; From: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media Fandom
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