Strategies to improve executive function that rely on external structures to help students successfully plan and complete tasks at school will not achieve the same outcome as would develop if these structures were combined with authentic experiences that require careful planning by individuals for themselves and their community. If the goal of external strategies to improve executive function is to help students internalize them, experience is the bridge to internalization. Without experience, connection is hard to develop and one is less likely to be motivated to pursue and master the concepts embedded in the experience.