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Students and Programs at the School Margins: Disorder and Needed Repairs.
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Reynolds, Maynard C. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1992
Looks at schools that serve children whose problems in learning and behavior mark them as marginal students. Identifies "cultural imperatives" by observing curriculum domains emphasized in "special" and largely separate school programs. Notes that increasing numbers of special programs have become highly disjointed and inefficient in schools and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Child Temperament and Common Problems in Schooling: Hypotheses about Causal Connections.
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Martin, Roy P. – Journal of School Psychology, 1994
Theoretical review provides psychologists with stronger etiological explanations for problematic behaviors they encounter in schools. Considers theory of gene-environment correlation to explain how behavior patterns can become more stable over life span and diathesis-stress theory to clarify how environment interacts with behavioral dispositions…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
Dealing with Graduate Students Who Have Difficulties.
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Weiss, A.; Arkebauer, T. J.; Watts, D. G.; Martin, D. L. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1997
Identifies 11 types of graduate student difficulties and suggests methods to help alleviate them. Difficulties include language barriers, cultural barriers, emotional barriers, lack of commitment, and lack of ability. Also describes certain personality traits that may impede achievement. (AIM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Environmental Education, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Multiple Perspectives on the Labeling, Treatment, and Disciplining of At-Risk Students.
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Weinberg, Carl; Weinberg, Lois – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1992
Attempts to clarify the complex relationship between the identification of at-risk students and the ways educators try to retain them in school. Examines student problems from three different perspectives: the idiosyncratic, the sociocultural, and the institutional. Common student problems of learning, inappropriate behavior, depression, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology)