03200oam 2200709I 450 991077992880332120230607213035.01-134-58131-997866104013451-134-58132-71-280-40134-60-203-13427-30-203-17099-710.4324/9780203134276 (CKB)111056485543280(EBL)164974(OCoLC)74906039(SSID)ssj0000196065(PQKBManifestationID)11182135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196065(PQKBWorkID)10142484(PQKB)10113971(MiAaPQ)EBC164974(Au-PeEL)EBL164974(CaPaEBR)ebr10017827(CaONFJC)MIL40134(OCoLC)70763493(OCoLC)49569392(EXLCZ)9911105648554328020180706d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking school count promoting urban student motivation and success /Karen Manheim Teel and Andrea DeBruin-PareckiLondon ;New York :Routledge,2001.1 online resource (142 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-23054-3 0-415-23055-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and index.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; 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 aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance.African American studentsEducationCase studiesMotivation in educationUnited StatesCase studiesEducational innovationsUnited StatesCase studiesAction research in educationUnited StatesCase studiesAfrican American studentsEducationMotivation in educationEducational innovationsAction research in education371.829/96073Teel Karen Manheim.1512570DeBruin-Parecki Andrea1172881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779928803321Making school count3746582UNINA