Learning Goals for Teens with ADHD: Adjusting Expectations
Learning Goals and Benchmarks Shifted By the Pandemic Despite the efforts of many educators — my wife among them — most students have lost three semesters of quality education. I recently asked college students with ADHD, some attending highly selective schools, what they’d learned since the pandemic began. Answers ranged from “not much” to “probably less than I would have if not for the pandemic.” They described boring lectures, posting on chat boards, and “pretending” to do labs instead of actually doing them. All agreed that successfully meeting their learning goals depen...