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Meeting students where they live : motivation in urban schools / Richard L. Curwin. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Alexandria, Virginia : American SamoaCD, (c)2010.Description: ix, 181 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781416609568
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC5131.C982.M448 2010
  • LC5131
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Contents:
The difficulty of motivating urban youth -- Ten quick strategies to increase motivation -- Twelve killers of motivation and their remedies -- Punishments, threats, and rewards -- Creating hope in students -- Welcoming all students to school and class -- Building motivating lessons -- Energizing ourselves -- Effort-based evaluation -- Improving homework completion -- The relationship between behavior and motivation -- For the administrator -- Conclusion: A place where dreams come true -- Ten books worth reading -- Appendices. A: Phonics challenge worksheet -- B: Texture drawing worksheet -- C: Landscape installation challenge worksheet -- D: Measurement challenge worksheet -- E: Pre-Algebra equations challenges worksheet -- F: Math challenge worksheet -- G: Social Studies challenge worksheet.
Subject: "Motivation and hope are two items in short supply in many urban schools." Based on input from teachers across the United States and on his own personal experiences, Richard L. Curwin offers suggestion that every school can use to keep students in the classroom. He urges teachers and administrators in urban schools to move away from a focus on control, uniformity, lack of tolerance, and iron-clad rules toward an approach based on compassion, understanding, tolerance, and safety for all.--[book cover]
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"Motivation and hope are two items in short supply in many urban schools." Based on input from teachers across the United States and on his own personal experiences, Richard L. Curwin offers suggestion that every school can use to keep students in the classroom. He urges teachers and administrators in urban schools to move away from a focus on control, uniformity, lack of tolerance, and iron-clad rules toward an approach based on compassion, understanding, tolerance, and safety for all.--[book cover]

The difficulty of motivating urban youth -- Ten quick strategies to increase motivation -- Twelve killers of motivation and their remedies -- Punishments, threats, and rewards -- Creating hope in students -- Welcoming all students to school and class -- Building motivating lessons -- Energizing ourselves -- Effort-based evaluation -- Improving homework completion -- The relationship between behavior and motivation -- For the administrator -- Conclusion: A place where dreams come true -- Ten books worth reading -- Appendices. A: Phonics challenge worksheet -- B: Texture drawing worksheet -- C: Landscape installation challenge worksheet -- D: Measurement challenge worksheet -- E: Pre-Algebra equations challenges worksheet -- F: Math challenge worksheet -- G: Social Studies challenge worksheet.

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