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Peer reviewedCurtis, Charles K. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1981
This article reports a study that compared slow learners' attitudes toward the freedoms described in the Canadian Bill of Rights with those of vocational and academic students. As a group, slow learners in Canada scored significantly below vocational and academic students, and the scores for each group suggested only a slight libertarian bias.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Democratic Values, Secondary Education, Slow Learners
Peer reviewedFagan, William – Reading, 1987
Describes a study that interviewed a group of functionally illiterate prisoners, noting their memories of schoolwork and teachers. Emphasizes the importance of teachers genuinely caring about their students. (ARH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Learning Problems
