Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need: Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

This textbook offers comprehensive information for middle level educators on understanding and addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in teaching students in grades 5–9. It illuminates the unique developmental processes of this population—physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and identity searches—and presents strategies for fostering their healthy overall growth.

Drawing from neuroscience and psychological research, early chapters provide descriptions of middle schoolers’ deve...