Failing, but Not Failures: Assisting At-Risk Students in the English Classroom

Uses the author's experiences to illustrate the challenge of teaching in today's schools. Discusses ways to provide a climate in which students feel they hold ownership, and have relationships with the community of learners around them to engage in discussion about the subject material and...

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Published in:English quarterly 2003, Vol.35 (1), p.25
Main Author: Howard, April D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classroom Environment
Critical Thinking
Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Elementary Secondary Education
English Instruction
Gifted
High Risk Students
Student Attitudes
Student Empowerment
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Summary:Uses the author's experiences to illustrate the challenge of teaching in today's schools. Discusses ways to provide a climate in which students feel they hold ownership, and have relationships with the community of learners around them to engage in discussion about the subject material and further develop their own thinking patterns. Presents suggestions that are highlighted as strategies for both at-risk and gifted students. (SG)
ISSN:0013-8355