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UNINA9910455482703321 |
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Autore |
Teel Karen Manheim |
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Titolo |
Making school count : promoting urban student motivation and success / / Karen Manheim Teel and Andrea DeBruin-Parecki |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 |
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ISBN |
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9786610401345 |
1-134-58132-7 |
1-280-40134-6 |
0-203-13427-3 |
0-203-17099-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (142 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American students - Education |
Motivation in education - United States |
Educational innovations - United States |
Action research in education - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword by Martin V. Covington; Acknowledgements; Life in an urban classroom: where dreams and realities collide; The personal journey of a teacher: Karen's story; Developing teaching strategies that honor and motivate diverse learners; The culture of the school; Teacher action research; Realizing student potential with alternative strategies; What gets in the way of student success?; Taking on the role of detective: teacher's response to struggling students; Turning student aspirations into realities; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance |
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