Importance of Average - Playing the Game of School to Increase Success and Achievement

Informationen zum Autor By Stephen Farenga; Daniel Ness; Dale D. Johnson and Bonnie Johnson Klappentext The Importance of Average 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Average Anyone?Chapter 2: The Invisible Majority: Making Average ExceptionalChapter 3: Intelligence: The Beguiling PhenomenonChapter 4: Success for the Average: Effort, Ability, or Luck?Chapter 5: The Right Start in Reading and Writing: The Development of Language LiteracyChapter 6: The Right Start in Mathematics: The Development of Mathematical ThinkingChapter 7: The Right Start in Science: The Development of Scientific ThinkingChapter 8: The Right Start in Social Studies: Building a Foundation for an Informed CitizenryChapter 9: The Myth of Average Intelligence

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• Authors: Stephen Farenga, Stephen J. Farenga, Stephen J./ Ness Farenga, Stephen Ness Farenga, Farenga Stephen, Bonnie Johnson, Dale D. Johnson, Johnson Bonnie, Johnson Dale D., Daniel Ness, Ness Daniel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2011
• EAN: 9780742570139
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-7013-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education