Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Teach Students to Learn for Life -- What Learning for Life Is All About -- The Big Four -- Attitude -- Effort -- Cognitive Capacity -- Focused Strategy -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 2 Change Your Students' Brains -- Can Your Students' Brains Change? -- Can Adolescents Change? -- "Nudges" for Changing the Brain -- Brain Pusher One: Relationships (''Who Cares?'') -- Brain Pusher Two: Attention and Buy-In (''Selling'' the Brain on Change) -- Brain Pusher Three: Mastery and Autonomy (Developing Ownership of the Change) -- Brain Pusher Four: Brain Health -- Brain Pusher Five: Coherence and Sense-Making -- Brain Pusher Six: Mistakes and Error Correction -- Brain Pusher Seven: Challenge (''Games Worth Playing'') -- Brain Pusher Eight: Time on Task (''Time Is on Your Side'') -- Carmen Revisited -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 3 Begin with Attitude Building -- The Great Attitude Secret -- Learned Optimism -- A Growth Mind-Set -- Personal Accountability -- Accountability Within Relationships -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 4 Build Cognitive Capacity -- Can You Identify the Real Issue? -- Cognitive Capacity Building Begins with Executive Function -- The Relevance of Self-Control to Academic Success -- Improving Processing Skills -- Attention and Focus -- Working Memory -- Sequencing Skill Builders -- Return to Glory -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 5 Foster Student Effort -- The Big Picture of Success -- High-Return Effort Builders -- Ongoing Formative Assessment -- High Engagement with Reciprocal (Peer) Teaching -- Teacher-Student and Student-Student Relationships -- Teaching for Mastery with Clarity and Challenge -- Comprehensive, Targeted Interventions -- Class Climate and High Expectations -- Continuous, Informal Feedback -- The Rest of the Story -- To Sum Up.

Chapter 6 Empower Exceptional Learners -- Who Are Today's "Typical" Students? -- What Makes Learners Exceptional? -- Academically Challenged Students -- Academically Gifted Students -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 7 Strengthen Body, Mind, and Soul -- Body -- Hydration -- Nutrition -- Exercise -- Sleep -- Mind -- Soul -- Relationships -- Reflection -- Community Service -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 8 Focus Students on Goals -- The Skills of Achieving Goals -- Dreams and Wishes -- Goal Writing -- Fostering Thoughtful Strategies -- Removing the Roadblocks -- To Sum Up -- References -- Index.