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Secrets of the Teenage Brain Research-Based Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents

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ISBN-10: 1620878771

ISBN-13: 9781620878774

Edition: 2013

Authors: Sheryl G. Feinstein, Eric Jensen

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Teenagerscan be mystifying to educators and parents. They exhibit a daunting array ofdangerous tendencies and characteristics: emotional swings, forgetfulness, andfondness of risk-taking. What are teens thinking? What’s the best way to reachthem? The revised and expanded edition of this hands-on guide helps unlockthese secrets by explaining the biological and neurological changes happeningin the teenage brain. Educators can use these insights developed from currentresearch to help students achieve their full potential both in and out of the classroom.Organizedaround specific areas of adolescent development, Secrets of the Teenage Brain is packed with fresh instructionalstrategies that…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Learn more about Sheryl Feinstein's PD offerings Sheryl Feinstein is an Associate Professor at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD where she teaches in the Education Department. She is the author of a number of books, including Secrets of the Teenage Brain 2nd Ed (2009), Corwin Press; The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain 2 vol. (2006), Praeger Publisher; Parenting the Teenage Brain: Understanding a Work in Progress , Teaching the At Risk Teenage Brain , and Inside the Teenage Brain: Understanding a Work in Progress (2009), Rowman & Littlefield Publisher; 101 Insights and Strategies for Parenting Teenagers (Fall, 2009), Healthy Learning Publishers; and Tanzanian Women in Their Own…    

Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Teen Brain: Under Construction
Teen Cognition and Learning
The Social Brain
Communication and the Unfinished Brain
Self-Concept Under Attack
The Risk-Taking Brain
Reaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents-Tomorrow!
Conclusion: Secrets of the Teenage Brain-Revealed!
In Summary
Book Club Discussion Questions
Glossary of Brain Terms
Bibliography
Index