The Importance of Average: Playing the Game of School to Increase Success and Achievement

by Stephen Farenga, Daniel Ness, Dale D. Johnson

Book Overview

The Importance of Average drives home the reality that average intellectual ability is not synonymous with mediocrity. Under the right conditions, average ability can potentially lead to professional excellence and exceptionalism. Archaic psychological and social constructs are examined as they are shown to limit student achievement. Ability, effort, and luck are discussed as possible motivational predictors that contribute to average student success...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742570126
• ISBN13: 9780742570122
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2