On the Success of Failure : a Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades.

On the Success of Failure is about the practice of grade retention in elementary schools, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems. It addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up, describes the school context of retention, and evaluates its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, Karl L.
Otros Autores: Entwisle, Doris R., Dauber, Susan L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Grade repetition > United States.
Education, Primary > United States.
Redoublement de classes > États-Unis.
Education, Primary
Grade repetition
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:On the Success of Failure is about the practice of grade retention in elementary schools, a particularly vexing problem in urban school systems. It addresses whether repeating a grade is helpful or harmful when children are not keeping up, describes the school context of retention, and evaluates its consequences.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages)
ISBN:9780511069291
0511069294

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