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"NAEYC item 733"--Title page verso.

Introduction -- Part I, Setting the stage for action: Four questions to consider -- What are positive approaches to learning? -- Why do positive approaches to learning matter? -- How do children develop positive approaches to learning? -- What undermines children's positive approaches to learning? -- Part II, Transforming risks into opportunities: Evidence-based tools to support positive approaches to learning -- Tools to build closer relationships with all children -- Tools to find and use more effective curriculum -- Tools to teach in ways that promote positive approaches to learning -- Tools to assess children's approaches to learning -- Tools that tap the power of families -- Tools to create change.

"This new resource will help early childhood professionals implement strategies to support young children's positive approaches to learning-their enthusiasm (interest, joy, and motivation to learn) and their engagement (attention, persistence, flexibility, self-regulation, and other essential learning behaviors). Along with extensive research, the text includes images of practice in early education programs in culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse settings."