Description
Help middle schoolers engage in the classroom before it’s too late!
For many educators, middle school is the last chance to put in place strong, positive learning patterns that will last through high school and beyond. Based on Rich Allen’s “Green Light” education strategies, this book takes what researchers have discovered about how the adolescent brain learns best and shows how those discoveries directly relate to effective classroom teaching. Now you can engage all students, even unmotivated ones, by applying these four principles of brain-based learning:
- Build and maintain trust
- Create a collaborative community
- Take a TEAMing approach
- Prime the positive environment
Table of Contents
Foreword: The Story of Jenn
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Why Many Middle School Students Need to Make a U-Turn
2. Creating and Maintaining Trust
3. Create a Collaborative Community
4. Take a TEAMing Approach
5. Prime the Positive Environment
6. U-Turn Teaching in Action
Appendix
References
Index
