Understanding and Engaging Adolescents

By Peter Desberg

A proven-to-work tool kit for motivating adolescent learners

Combining commonsense advice with social/behavioral psychology, this engaging book provides a comprehensive look at how adolescents learn and offers activities to inspire greater student interest and participation. The authors encourage you to create a vision statement for what you want to accomplish and provide the right tools to help you succeed. The book shows how to modify your instructional program by using:

Three components of motivation Specific classroom management strategies Proven, brain-compatible activities that boost students' academic, research, metacognitive, and social skills Steps to boost learners' study skills Technology to support instruction

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412970008
• ISBN13: 9781412970006
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"