360 Degree Learning is an idea created by Sarah Ward, in which all factors in our environment and experiences impact how we learn. The learning environments students occupy, the way the space is used in these environments, how teachers deliver lessons, and the manner in which students engage in the subject of the lesson, can strengthen executive functioning skills. 360 degree Thinking methods student who engage in problem-solving. Team work, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills are all nurtured and honed when students have more opportunity to intra-think and collaborate their ideas. 360 Degree Learning methods provide educators and students alike, the flexibility, adaptability, and variety that has been lost in traditional teaching methods. Implementing executive functioning skills in the classroom takes a seismic step towards heightening levels of aptitude and attainment.
Speech and Language Pathologist, Sarah Ward focuses on how we use language to interact with the world, and how they way we interact effects our task execution. Each strategy provided is to demonstrated through guided practice, and be used by the student as an individual to strengthen their metacognition so they can gage their workload. By instilling the concept of foresight, hindsight, and insight (metacognition) into young individuals, they can put on “future glasses” and create pre-imagined plans to complete tasks within the duration of a time frame. Her methods prompt students to question how would I manage tackling that task? As well as What materials will I need to finish that task? How much time will that task take?