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Ability Profiling and School Failure : One Child's Struggle to be Seen as Competent.

Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. At the book's core is the powerful case st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collins, Kathleen M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. At the book's core is the powerful case study of a competent fifth grader named Jay, an African American boy growing up in a predominantly white, rural community, who was excluded from participating in science and literacy discourses within his classroom community. In this new edition, researcher and teacher-ed.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (257 pages)
ISBN:9781136627453
1136627456