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Featuring the latest research on the adolescent brain, this second edition offers teachers fresh instructional strategies that work for engaging erratic, distracted, and often unpredictable teenagers. Lighthearted and informative, this hands-on resource helps educators understand the key issues affecting cognition and adolescent learners' emotional, social, and physical well-being. Each chapter is supported with a multitude of techniques that can be adapted to individual content areas and teachers will find new sections about:- Technology and the brain- Mirror neurons and at-risk behaviors like cutting, violence and aggression- An Educator's Book Club guide for sharing the challenges of teaching adolescents

&quote;This book explains almost all of the 'headshaking' frustrations educators express about teens. Educators will enjoy discovering that there is a biological reason for the behaviors and attitudes that teens demonstrate. They will also appreciate the practical and down-to-earth suggestions to help students find school more appealing.&quote;-Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, PrincipalMarcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Schools, IACutting-edge research meets brain-friendly strategies for teaching adolescents!Teenagers can be mystifying to educators and parents, exhibiting a daunting array of characteristics: emotional, forgetful, and fond of risk-taking. What are they thinking? What's the best way to reach them? The revised and expanded edition of this hands-on guide helps unlock these secrets by explaining the biological and neurological changes happening in the teenage brain. Educators can use these insights from current research to help students achieve their full academic potential. Organized around specific areas of adolescent development, this resource is packed with fresh instructional strategies that can be modified and adapted to various content areas. In addition to presenting the latest facts and research findings, this guide offers:&quote;Secrets Revealed&quote; sections that present compelling stories and research about the growing adolescent brainInsights into the effects of technology on the brainStrategies for approaching such issues as ADHD, steroid use, and aggressionAn educator's book club guide, with discussion questions Enjoy reading and talking with your colleagues about how to understand and tap the secrets of the teenage brain!