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ERIC Number: EJ415147
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
All My Best Students Are Flunking.
Liotta, P. H.
College Teaching, v38 n3 p96-100 Sum 1990
A new English teacher at the Air Force Academy describes his experience with students' academic shortcomings and his own expectations, concluding that teachers need training in taking risks, accepting failure, and findings ways to foster new learning and growth, both in themselves and in students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Faculty, College Instruction, Entry Workers, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Poetry, Reading Ability, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Air Force Academy CO