Richard M. Marshall, Sharon Neuman

The Middle School Mind

Growing Pains in Early Adolescent Brains

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781610485845
• ISBN-10: 161048584X
• Artikelnr.: 34111219

Autorenporträt

By Richard M. Marshall and Sharon Neuman

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  vi Foreword vii Chapter 1
Middle School for Middler Schoolers   1 Chapter 2
Middle Schoolers
Ages 12
14   5 Chapter 3
Adolescent Brains 16 Chapter 4
Identity Formation 25 Chapter 5
Unusual Choices They Make 38 Chapter 6
Predicaments They Get Themselves Into 47 Chapter 7
As a Group They Want to be Heard 56 Chapter 8
Relating to Peers and Others 66 Chapter 9
The Gifted Teen's Adventurous Nature 82 Chapter 10
Academic Challenges 89 Chapter 11
Socially They Struggle at Times 98 Chapter 12
Emotional Episodes and Psychological Concerns           109 Chapter 13
Powerful Points from Middle Schoolers           122 Chapter 14
Reflections           142 Appendix           152 Reference List           157 About the Authors