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Engaging schools : fostering high school students' motivation to learn /
- Title
- Engaging schools : fostering high school students' motivation to learn / Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- Author
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003111036
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.
- Supplementary Content
- Book review (Education Review)
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- Additional Authors
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129181
- Description
- xiv, 286 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The book discusses what changes hold the greatest promise for increasing students' motivation to learn in these schools. It looks at various approaches to reform through different methods of instruction and assessment, adjustments in school size, vocational teaching, and other key areas. Examples of innovative schools and comprehensive reform designs aimed at getting high school kids excited about learning are also included."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-268) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Contents
- Student engagement and disengagement in urban high schools -- The nature and conditions of engagement -- Teaching and learning -- Climate, organization, composition, and size of schools -- Family, community, and peers -- Meeting students' nonacademic needs -- Education through theme-based learning communities -- Comprehensive high school reform designs -- Summary of findings and recommendations.
- ISBN
- 0309084350 (hardcover)
- 9780309084352 (hardcover)
- 0309526906 (PDF)
- 9780309526906 (PDF)
- LCCN
- 2003017626
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library