| Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students Contributor(s): Mehan, Hugh (Author), Villanueva, Irene (Author), Hubbard, Lea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521568269 ISBN-13: 9780521568265 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: Bolstering the academic success of low achieving students and providing a more egalitarian classroom setting are two constant challenges to our schools. This book describes the process of "untracking," an educational reform effort that has prepared students from low income, linguistic and ethnic minority backgrounds for college. Untracking offers all students the same academically-demanding curriculum while varying the amount of institutional support they receive. This book is a highly readable account of a successful school reform effort. It provides systematic research results concerning the educational and social consequences of untracking previously low achieving students, and will be of great importance to researchers in educational and social psychology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Psychology | Education & Training |
| Dewey: 371.250 |
| LCCN: 95036205 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.11" W x 9.09" (0.92 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bolstering the academic success of low achieving students and providing a more egalitarian classroom setting are two constant challenges to our schools. This book describes the process of "untracking", an educational reform effort that has prepared students from low income, linguistic and ethnic minority backgrounds for college. Untracking offers all students the same academically-demanding curriculum while varying the amount of institutional support they receive. This book is a highly readable account of a successful school reform effort. It provides systematic research results concerning the educational and social consequences of untracking previously low achieving students, and will be of great importance to researchers in educational and social psychology. |
