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Author Collins, Kathleen M.

Title Ability profiling and school failure : one child's struggle to be seen as competent / by Kathleen M. Collins.

Publication Info. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.254 C712A    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and indexes.
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: a sociocultural perspective on [Dis]ability -- Chapter 2: The boy who had something to say -- Chapter 3: "He's what I would call 'out there.'" -- Chapter 4: "He was immediate. He was like immediate." -- Chapter 5: "Where's the evidence?" -- Chapter 6: "Jay just amazes me during this, he really does." -- Chapter 7: "It will be very, very difficult for him to learn how to function in the class." -- Chapter 8: "It's like a burst, a burst of fire." -- Chapter 9: "You got to hear this!" -- Chapter 10: "So who wrote it?" -- Chapter 11: "Jay, we gotta find you a group." -- Chapter 12: "I'm the boy who like bugs." -- Chapter 13: "Do you think I'm proper?" -- Chapter 14: "This ain't easy!" -- Chapter 15: "Church is not a game!" -- Chapter 16: "I think that's why we became very good friends." -- Chapter 17: Ability profiling and school failure: learning from Jay' story.
Subject Ability grouping in education -- United States -- Case studies.
Discrimination in education -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN 0805841555 cloth alkaline paper
9780805841558 cloth alkaline paper
0805841563 paperback alkaline paper
9780805841565 paperback alkaline paper
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