Corwin Study Max: Improving Study Skills in Grades 9-12 (Practical Guide for Teachers)

Product Description A practical and systematic programme for secondary school teachers who want to improve students′ study skills. This book gives the teachers the step-by-step resources they need to empower even underperforming students to succeed in school and in life. The author takes the teacher through 10 ready-to-use units that include unit objectives, a basic lesson plan, and more than 80 exercises and activities for immediate application and student engagement. In active use by the author for over fifteen years, the Study Max system gives school teachers critical tools and strategies to maximize their students′ achievement within today′s full curriculum Review "This book offers the most practical and realistic method by which to help students succeed. Period! Nothing out there now is more specifically aimed at student success. Teachers will find this book extremely useful, and if they do, then the real usefulness of the book will be for the students whose lives it touches." -- David Scheidecker, Academic Facilitator "This is a serious effort to give a step-by-step method through which students can maximize their learning strengths and transform into engaged, successful learners. Greene addresses the question of how the learning of students in Grades 9-12 can be made more effective. He provides very concrete strategies to answer this question." -- PsycCRITIQUES, July 2006, Vol. 51(30) Published On: 2008-05-08 About the Author Lawrence J. Greene, a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, is a nationally recognized author, educational therapist, consultant, and curriculum developer who has worked with more than ten thousand struggling students during a clinical career spanning thirty years. He has written eighteen books, and he has trained thousands of teachers in graduate programs at the university level. His educational curricula are currently used in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the world, and his books have been translated into languages ranging from Chinese to Spanish.   Other Books by Lawrence J. Greene Kids Who Hate School Kids Who Underachieve Learning Disabilities and Your Child Getting Smarter Think Smart, Study Smart Smarter Kids Teachers’ Desk Reference Guide to Learning Problems Improving Your Child’s Schoolwork The Life-Smart Kid Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School Roadblocks to Learning Winning the Study Game Study Wise Study Max: Improving Study Skills in Grades 9–12 The Resistant Learner Strategies for Success (forthcoming)