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How to Awaken an Appreciation for the Value of Practicing Learning Skills in an Environment of Poverty, Theft, Destruction and Violent Behavior
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Fish, James C. – Online Submission, 2011
A first-year teacher thrust mid-term into a mixed-grade geometry class in a tough high school struggles to sort out what works and does not work to engage the 120 students in meaningful learning. The students are largely from low-income urban families and demonstrate a broad range of abilities and motivation. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Multigraded Classes, Mixed Age Grouping, Geometry