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What Makes a Student Improve?
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Chambers, Kevin – Teaching Education, 1994
A middle school teacher presents three case studies of seventh-grade students who began the school year poorly but then decided to change. All three students had challenging home situations but, after becoming motivated to succeed, showed dramatic and rapid improvement. Such motivational changes are seen as stemming ultimately from reasons…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades