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The importance of average : playing the game of school to increase success and acievement / Stephen J. Farenga ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Students--Intelligence levels--United States.
- Students.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <i>The Importance of Average</i> drives home the reality that average intellectual ability is not synonymous with mediocrity. Under the right conditions, average ability can potentially lead to professional excellence and exceptionalism. Archaic psychological and social constructs are examined as they are shown to limit student achievement. Ability, effort, and luck are discussed as possible motivational predictors that contribute to average student success. Education policy must change in order to serve as a corrective against indifference toward average students.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface: Thoughts from a Parent and Educator; Introduction; Chapter 01. Average Anyone?; Chapter 02. The Invisible Majority: Making Average Exceptional; Chapter 03. Intelligence: That Beguiling Phenomenon; Chapter 04. Success for the Average: Effort, Ability, or Luck?; Chapter 05. The Right Start in Reading and Writing: The Development of Language and Literacy; Chapter 06. The Right Start in Mathematics: The Development of Mathematical Thinking; Chapter 07. The Right Start in Science: The Development of Scientific Thinking
- Chapter 08. The Right Start in Social Studies: Building a Foundation for an Informed CitizenryChapter 09. The Myth of Average Intelligence; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-29116-9
- 1-282-49755-3
- 9786612497551
- 0-7425-7014-2
- OCLC:
- 578666014
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