Middle School Mind - Growing Pains in Early Adolescent Brains

Informationen zum Autor By Richard M. Marshall and Sharon Neuman Klappentext This book is a must read for anyone in close proximity to middle schoolers. Using actual events from the lives of real teenagers, the authors (a middle school principal and a child neuropsychologist) combine perspectives to provide an engaging, light-hearted journey into the adventures and misadventures of newly-minted teens. Zusammenfassung This book is a must read for anyone in close proximity to middle schoolers. Using actual events from the lives of real teenagers! the authors (a middle school principal and a child neuropsychologist) combine perspectives to provide an engaging! light-hearted journey into the adventures and misadventures of newly-minted teens. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  viForeword viiChapter 1 - Middle School for Middler Schoolers   1Chapter 2 - Middle Schoolers - Ages 12 - 14   5Chapter 3 - Adolescent Brains 16Chapter 4 - Identity Formation 25Chapter 5 - Unusual Choices They Make 38Chapter 6 - Predicaments They Get Themselves Into 47 Chapter 7 - As a Group They Want to be Heard 56Chapter 8 - Relating to Peers and Others 66Chapter 9 - The Gifted Teen's Adventurous Nature 82Chapter 10 - Academic Challenges 89Chapter 11 - Socially They Struggle at Times 98 Chapter 12 - Emotional Episodes and Psychological Concerns           109 Chapter 13 - Powerful Points from Middle Schoolers           122Chapter 14 - Reflections           142Appendix           152Reference List           157About the Authors

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• Authors: Richard M. Marshall, Richard M. Neuman Marshall, Marshall Richard M., Sharon Neuman, Sharon Marshall Neuman, Sharon/ Marshall Neuman, Neuman Sharon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2011
• EAN: 9781610485852
• ISBN: 978-1-61048-585-2
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, Students & Student Organisations, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary