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Naps
Image by Lewis Collard, via Wikimedia Commons We take half an hour each day, usually just after lunch, for personal reflection. Practicing metacognition. Some students have used the time for quick...
View ArticlePBS’s Inside the Teenage Brain is online (for free)
The full FRONTLINE documentary, Inside the Teenage Brain can be found online at PBS’s website. PBS has an entire website dedicated to the documentary which includes transcripts of interviews with...
View ArticleDo they really not care?
Adolescents like to tick you off. Push all of your buttons to see what happens. And you want to ask, “Who are you really?” and, “Do your really not care?” We probably did the same when we were that...
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Moral Development in the Brain
If someone takes something of yours from your locker, does it matter if they intended to steal, or if they grabbed it by mistake because they thought it was their locker? We see there is a moral...
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The Myth of Adolescent Angst
Fortunately, we also know from extensive research both in the U.S. and elsewhere that when we treat teens like adults, they almost immediately rise to the challenge. – Epstein (2007): The Myth of the...
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Variations on a Theme
102. Hipsters - Rotterdam 2008 from Exactitudes. In seeking their identity, adolescents try out a wide variety of different personas. These are often closely associated with changing appearance and...
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Adolescents Versus Their Brains
The part of the brain responsible for logic and reasoning is slow to develop compared to the rest during our adolescence. As a result, adolescents are driven way too much by their emotions and...
View ArticleMedia Profanity and Aggression
This research shows that profanity is not harmless. Children exposed to profanity in the media think that such language is ‘normal,’ which may reduce their inhibitions about using profanity themselves....
View ArticleInside the Teenage Brain
PBS’s Inside the Teenage Brain is now online. Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Inside the Teenage Brain, Retrieved October 22nd, 2014, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/...
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Control your Destiny: How the Adolescent Brain Works
During your adolescence, which lasts from your early teens into your 20′s, the brain changes rapidly, you develop new abilities and capacities, and the habits of mind and skills you develop will last...
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Building a Metaphor (Actually a Grill)
The grill entering the final stages of construction by Ryan V. and Robert M.. Photograph by Autumn F. It took us a little more than half a day to build a grill. It’s a simple thing of cinder blocks and...
View ArticleThe Adolescent Sleep Cycle
Bora Zivkovic compiles some information on how kids circadian rhythms change during adolescence, and advocates for later school starting hours. He points out the interesting concept of chronotypes:...
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