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Teenagers—impulsive, moody, and excitable—have baffled adults and administrators alike with their unpredictable behavior. In recent years, state-of-the-art brain techniques have enabled researches to look at the teenage brain in action. The Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress reviews discoveries in the adolescents’ social, emotional, cognitive, and linguistic development that can help individuals better understand why teenagers behave the way they do. In that regard, the DVD explains why teens can’t always act like adults. The DVD also features research-based instructional strategies that engage and challenge the teenage brain.
Among the topics covered:
- Learning objectives
- Processes in the adolescent brain
- Adolescent frontal lobes
- Brain compatible research-based strategies
- Other strategies
- The science of sleep
- The effects of stress
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Biography
- Sheryl Feinstein, Ed.D., is an associate professor at Augstana College in Sioux Falls, SD. She has authored several books, including Secrets of the Teenage Brain (2004), The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain—2 vols. (2006), Parenting the Teenage Brain: Understanding a Work in Progress, and Teaching the At-Risk Teenage Brain. In addition to teaching at Augustana College, she consults at a correctional facility for adolescent boys and at a separate site for emotionally behaviorally disturbed (EBD) adolescents in Minnesota. Prior to serving on the faculty at Augstana College, Sheryl taught in the public schools and was a curriculum consultant for a K-12 school district in Minnesota. She also started an alternative school for high school students. During the 2007-2008 school year, she spent a year in Tanzania on a Fulbright Scholarship.
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