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Boosting the Adolescent Underachiever

How Parents Can Change a “C” Student into an “A” Student

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  • © 1992

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  1. Victor Cogen
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Setting the Scene

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 1-8

  3. Assessing Your Teenager

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 9-20

  4. Creating an Informal Profile

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 21-45

  5. Adolescent Characteristics

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 47-61

  6. Looking Out

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 63-83

  7. A New Understanding of the Adolescent Mind

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 85-95

  8. The Emotional Side of Learning

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 97-106

  9. The Maturation of Thinking

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 107-116

  10. Schools for Teenagers

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 117-126

  11. Why Schools Can’t

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 127-138

  12. Assembling the New Understanding

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 139-147

  13. Energizing Cognitive and Affective Structure through Discussion

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 149-169

  14. Communicating—Adult Style

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 171-187

  15. Teaching the Art of Learning

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 189-218

  16. Reacting to Setbacks

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 219-235

  17. The Final Wrap-Up

    • Victor Cogen
    Pages 237-259

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 261-279
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Boosting the Adolescent Underachiever

  • Book Subtitle: How Parents Can Change a “C” Student into an “A” Student

  • Authors: Victor Cogen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6576-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Victor Cogen 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44328-2Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6576-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 279

  • Topics: Educational Psychology, Pedagogic Psychology, Popular Science in Psychology

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering

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