What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay on task in class, and practice breathing for self-regulation. 

Concepts

self control, self discipline, self-management, social-emotional learning, stress management, goal setting

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Additional Tags

programs

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners engage in a think-pair-share to discuss their favorite strategies for focusing and paying attention
• Ask individuals to draw pictures of an emotion, and then invite classmates to guess the emotion

Classroom Considerations

• Designed as a teacher resource
• Requires Internet access for all lesson activities 

Pros

• Includes a list of grade-specific standalone lessons and activities about self-management
• Provides several additional readings and resources

Cons

• A few of the links are broken