Founded in 2014 by scientists at the University of Minnesota, Reflection Sciences, Inc. provides an Executive Function (EF) test app, and tools to help promote the healthy development of this particular skillset. EF skills make it possible for children to learn effectively and efficiently in a classroom context, and they protect children against academic failure associated with poverty stress. At Reflection Sciences, we believe measuring EF should be easy and accurate, providing parents and teachers with vital information they need to make sure students have every opportunity for academic and life success.
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Executive Function refers to the neurocognitive skills that are most vital to academic and life success. These skills are centered on attention, impulse control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility.
Our goal is to do away with Executive Function assessments that take forever to complete and fail to provide parents and teachers with new information about a student's development.
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Acquiring EF skills is a fundamental part of healthy human development. We provide training and tools for assessing and improving the self-regulatory skills needed to control one’s attention, thoughts, actions, and emotions.
Build a foundation for your children with the knowledge and tools to help them learn, develop, and thrive as they grow.
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Become equipped with the Executive Function performance tests, tools, and support to gather data, interpret results, and implement positive change for your students
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Gain access to a convenient, state-of-the-art comprehensive measure of EF, based in neuroscience and normed down to 2 years of age.
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Combine state-of-the-art research tools with your daily practice to help patients now and build knowledge for the future.
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EF is a better predictor of academic and other life outcomes than is IQ.
EF skills predict school readiness and year-to-year gains in reading and math, often better than do academic domain measures themselves.
Unlike time-consuming teacher reports, which require teachers to observe their students for weeks or months, EF skills can be assessed quickly (~4 min) and at any time-- even prior to school entry.
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It is with great pleasure we announce the Minnesota Executive Function Scale (MEFSTM) is now available on Google Play for Android users! You can download the free app to your Android Tablet by searching Minnesota Executive Function in the Google Play store. The MEFSTM app is a game-like, drag-and-drop early learning readiness tool designed to provide a brief, comprehensive, direct […]
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