Motivating Underachievers
220 Strategies for Success (Revised and expanded edition)
Carolyn Coil
What can we do with underachievers? As Carolyn Coil has worked with teachers and parents during the past several years, she has heard this question over and over again. There is no answer, but multiple answers and strategies. Self esteem, study skills, motivation, parent/teacher collaboration... all play a role in solving the puzzle of underachievement.
The purpose of this book is to share some answers by presenting a multitude of strategies that work with underachievers. Not all strategies will work with all students; the intention is that the reader picks the ones that look as if they will be workable with an individual student in a given situation and tries them. The strategies in this book (220 in all) are numbered for easy reference. Pick and choose among them and motivate your underachievers!
Introduction to underachievement:The underachiever; Underachievement; Characteristics. Building self-esteem: Changing self concepts; Positive communication; Strengths; Positive feedback; Small achievements; Trust and acceptance; Counselling and sharing; Goal setting; Peers and small groups; Conflict; Fear of failure Improving study skills and remediating academic weaknesses: Organisational skills; Reading skills; Listening skills; Notetaking skills; Long-term assignments; Test-taking skills; Skill levels; Vocabulary Motivation: An essential element of achievement: Destroyers of motivation; Teaching style; Interest areas; Flexibility in classroom structure; New technologies; Structure for success; Creativity; Intrinsic/Extrinsic motivation Working with parents of underachievers: Family background; Positive communication; Parent/Teacher conferences; Schoolwork Flexibility and change within the school system: Funding; Staff development and training; Assessment; Curriculum; Partnership; Group brainstorming
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Published 2005, 109 A4 Pages, Sofcover
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