Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools

Education theorists have suggested that learners' developmental levels should provide the basis for planning and designing the curriculum, as well as the teaching/learning environment. Translating theory into practice, this new book examines early adolescence as a developmental period and explains the characteristics of 10- to 14-year-olds. Sections include 1) early adolescence as a developmental period, 2) physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development, and 3) developmentally appropriate curricular and instructional decisions. The book includes an annotated bibliography and checklist for determining middle level schools' response to your adolescents' developmental characteristics.Manning, M. Lee is the author of 'Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools' with ISBN 9780871731326 and ISBN 0871731320.