Teaching Self-Regulation

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“Teaching Self-Regulation is a must-read book for any middle or high school educator. This comprehensive resource provides a well-organized array of activities, questions, and prompts that will allow educators to seamlessly implement strategies for increasing self-regulation into their curriculum.” —Nina Parrish, Author; CEO and Cofounder of Parrish Learning Zone

“Gaumer-Erickson and Noonan provide educators with the knowledge of what it truly means when students are able to self-regulate and a straightforward approach to developing self-regulation in students.” —Elise S. Heger, Associate Researcher, The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

“This book is an outstanding resource—a perfect balance of detailed information and easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply practices.” —Chris Cooper, Superintendent, Clearwater Unified School District 264, Kansas

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elf-regulation is an important skill for student success both inside and outside the classroom. It empowers students to become lifelong learners and grow healthy self-care behaviors. In Teaching Self-Regulation: Seventy-Five Instructional Activities to Foster Independent, Proactive Students, Grades 6–12, authors Amy S. Gaumer Erickson and Patricia M. Noonan support teachers in developing students’ selfregulation skills by creating authentic learning opportunities and delivering effective feedback. The authors outline four components for successful self-regulation—(1) plan, (2) monitor, (3) adjust, and (4) reflect— and share seventy-five instructional activities to teach self-regulation skills to students. Teaching SelfRegulation provides secondary educators with practical tools and strategies to address every student’s social-emotional needs. Secondary educators will: • Understand the importance of developing self-regulation skills in students • Discover seventy-five activities to teach self-regulation and provide authentic practice opportunities that shift the responsibility of learning to students • Receive numerous reproducible templates and tools to facilitate students’ development of self-regulation • Study real-life scenarios of how to shift from regulating for students to coaching students to self-regulate • Review testimonials from teachers and students who have seen and experienced the positive results of self-regulation practices ISBN 978-1-951075-77-4 90000

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