TY - BOOK ID - 77896533 TI - Making school count AU - Teel, Karen Manheim AU - DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea PY - 2001 SN - 9786610401345 1134581327 1280401346 0203134273 0203170997 9780203170991 9780203134276 9780415230544 0415230543 9780415230551 0415230551 9781134581276 1134581270 9781134581313 1134581319 9781134581320 0415230543 0415230551 6610401349 9781280401343 PB - London New York RoutledgeFalmer DB - UniCat KW - African American students KW - Motivation in education KW - Educational innovations KW - Action research in education KW - Education KW - Academic motivation KW - Academic achievement KW - Learning, Psychology of KW - Motivation (Psychology) KW - Afro-American students KW - Negro students KW - Students, African American KW - Students KW - Research UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77896533 AB - Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance. ER -