Synopses & Reviews
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Featuring the latest research on the adolescent brain, this second edition offers teachers fresh instructional strategies that work for engaging erratic, distracted, and often unpredictable teenagers. Lighthearted and informative, this hands-on resource helps educators understand the key issues affecting cognition and adolescent learners' emotional, social, and physical well-being. Each chapter is supported with a multitude of techniques that can be adapted to individual content areas and teachers will find new sections about: Technology and the brainMirror neurons and at-risk behaviors like cutting, violence and aggressionAn Educator's Book Club guide for sharing the challenges of teaching adolescents
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Cutting-edge research meets brain-friendly strategies for teaching adolescents
The revised and expanded edition of this hands-on guide helps unlock adolescent thinking and behavior by explaining the biological changes happening in the teenage brain. Organized around specific areas of adolescent development, this resource is packed with fresh instructional strategies that can be modified and adapted to various content areas. This guide offers:
- "Secrets Revealed" sections that present compelling stories and research about the growing adolescent brain
- Insights into the effects of technology on the brain
- Strategies for approaching such issues as ADHD, steroid use, and aggression
- An educator's book club guide
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An updated guide to understanding, reaching, and teaching teens, complete with book club questions Featuring the latest research on the rapidly-changing adolescent brain, this new edition offers teachers fresh instructional strategies that work for engaging erratic, distracted, and often unpredictable teenagers. Sheryl Feinstein's lighthearted, informative resource helps educators understand the neurological and biological changes teenagers experience and explains why they act the way they do. Offering a multitude of teaching techniques for adolescent learners that can be adapted to individual content areas, the book includes new sections about: Technology and the brainMirror neurons At-risk behaviors like cutting, violence, and aggression
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The updated edition offers a unique blend of cutting-edge research, fresh instructional strategies, and insights into the adolescent brain to help educators better support their teenage students.