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Why Eliminating All Deadlines in Classes Will Hurt Students

🧵 The TL;DR

Please provide the structure (including deadlines) and scaffolding that students with executive functioning difficulties need to succeed. You can and should still be flexible with extensions, but lack of deadlines is not helpful for the most vulnerable students.

    🔑 Key Points

  • Large tasks w/ long time horizons require extensive planning and time management.
  • Without deadlines, students can fall into a vicious cycle of procrastination and overwhelm that ultimately leads to failure.
  • Providing structure and scaffolding in the form of SMART goals helps everyone succeed.

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