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ERIC Number: EJ398934
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Resistance of Conventional Wisdom to Research Evidence: The Case of Retention in Grade.
Doyle, Roy P.
Phi Delta Kappan, v71 n3 p215-20 Nov 1989
There is probably no widespread educational practice as thoroughly discredited as retention in grade. If the research undercutting this practice is sound, the task is to uproot outdated misconceptions appealing to educators'"common sense" wisdom. An Arizona study's influence on the attitudes of community leaders, local teachers, and education majors is summarized. Includes eight references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Grade Repetition, Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Research Problems, School Responsibility, Teacher Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Arizona