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Against the odds : how "at-risk" children exceed expectations
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- Creator
- Janine Bempechat
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 169 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780787943851, 0787943851
- OCLC
- ocm39347967
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-154) and index.
- Introduction: learning from poor and minority students who succeed -- Misguided notions about underachievement -- The critical role of parents -- Children's understanding of success and failure -- Success in mathematics -- Overall success in school -- Lessons for parents and teachers -- "To seek mind where it is mindful."
- Introduction: learning from poor and minority students who succeed -- Misguided notions about underachievement -- The critical role of parents -- Children's understanding success and failure -- Success in mathematics -- Overall success in school -- Lessons for parents and teachers -- "To seek mind where it is mindful."