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Dworkin, Nancy; Dworkin, Yehoash – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Discusses the impact of teacher expectation on student performance and then describes a program that changes teacher expectations by focusing on the achievements of students. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Labeling (of Persons)
Smelter, Richard W.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
The rush to label schoolchildren as suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached nearly epidemic proportions. The diagnosis often meets parents' needs to assign behavior control to Ritalin; it should be an explanation leading to genuine help, not a license for unacceptable student…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity
