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Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us about Motivation and Mastery
Contributor(s): Cushman, Kathleen (Author), The Students of What Kids Can Do (Author)
ISBN: 1118160215     ISBN-13: 9781118160213
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
OUR PRICE:   $17.06  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Study Aids | Study & Test-taking Skills
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
Dewey: 370.154
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.46" W x 8.32" (0.52 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:
Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery

Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all. To put these students' ideas into practice, the book also includes practical tips for educators.

  • Breaks new ground by bringing youth voices to a timely topic-motivation and mastery
  • Includes worksheets, tips, and discussion guides that help put the book's ideas into practice
  • Author has 18 previous books on adolescent learning and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Educational Leadership, and American Educator

From the acclaimed author of Fires in the Bathroom, this is the next-step book that pushes the conversation to next level, as teenagers tackle the pressing challenges of motivation and mastery.