How to Get Your Students to Stop Procrastinating | Choices Ideabook

We’re all guilty of procrastinating sometimes, but teens are especially prone to this bad habit. Choices teacher-adviser Amy Lauren Smith–a sixth to eighth grade health teacher at the Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China, and the brilliant mind behind our Teacher’s Guide each month—has rounded up the resources you need to tackle this topic in class.

Source: How to Get Your Students to Stop Procrastinating | Choices Ideabook

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