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Peer reviewedCambone, Joseph – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1995
Troubled children are often described solely in terms of their deficiencies, rather than in terms of their strengths. Educational efforts for these youth are therefore aimed at minimizing weaknesses rather than emphasizing potentials. By presenting troubled youth with tasks not engaging or worthwhile, their ideas of their own failure are…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Curriculum Problems, High Risk Students, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedCosta, Victoria Brookhart – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Describes school science as a rite of passage, and exposes problems in school science that are made visible through the use of this metaphor. (PR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
