Glenda Beamon Crawford s experiences with young adolescent learners span nearly thirty years. She has taught in grades 4 12 and currently coordinates the middle grades program at Elon University, where she is a professor of teacher education. She has authored three books, includingManaging the Adolescent Classroom and Sparking the Thinking of Students, Ages 10 14, as well asarticles on structuring classrooms foradolescent thinking and learning. She consults and presents regularly at state, national, and international conferences. Her research and teaching honors include the 2002 North Carolina...