SMARTS Overview Video: How Do We Teach Self-Checking?
Caitlin Vanderberg
“Don’t forget to edit your work before you hand it in!”
No matter how often we remind our students to check their work — whether on a paper, a test, or a project — it seems like the message just does not get through. Papers are turned in with glaring spelling and formatting errors. Tests returned without a name on top. It’s enough to make a teacher crazy.
But do not worry, help is on the way! Self-monitoring and self-checking are areas of executive function that are often not taught explicitly..