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Attitude! Helping Students WANT to Succeed in School and Then Setting Them Up for Success
Attitude Helping Students WANT to Succeed in School and Then Setting Them Up for Success Author:Cheryl M. Thurston Attitude! takes an honest, realistic approach to helping students become better learners. This refreshing book recognizes that before we can teach how to succeed, we have to convince students that succeeding in school is a worthwhile endeavor at all. Attitude! helps students do the following: — - see and understand the value of knowledge and lea... more »rning
- look realistically at the future and thnik about what they want in life
- recognize and build on their strengths
- change bad habits
- learn practical ways that will help them improve school performance
The book contains interesting, fun-to-do activities that motivate and encourage learning. The section on WABS (Whiners and Blamers) includes humorous activities that will help your students take responsibility for their actions. "What Are You Good At?" helps students acknowledge what their strengths are. "Reality Check" helps them take a serious look at the expenses they are likely to have as an adult. Other activities include "Unstrangling Yourself," "Making Life Connections," "Ill Never Need This Stuff?!" and many more.
Education is valuable to all students, college-bound or not. Attitude! is designed to appeal to a wide variety of students, from at-risk to gifted-and-talented.« less