Understanding and Engaging Adolescents

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