This text provides effective, practical teaching strategies and activities for students ages 10 to 14. Stevenson links the three most basic elements of middle school teaching the developmental traits of young adolescents, curriculum, and pedagogy with ways that middle school methods are unique. This text also addresses three major interactive elements of middle level schooling: matching school to the nature and needs of young adolescent learners; implementing curriculum and pedagogy that provoke student initiative and learning; and the use of school organizational features which are accountable to both students and teacher needs. Teaching Ten to Fourteen Year Olds discusses new policy initiatives, highlighting the philosophy and evolution of the middle school movement. The third edition includes greater coverage of gender differences, updated research and statistics, extended treatment of curriculum integration and an increased focus on the potential of every middle school student. Finally, this text also offers increased coverage of authentic assessment, classroom discipline, and teaming guidelines.