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HOW AND WHY CHILDREN FAIL »

Authors: Ved P. Varma, James Hemming
ISBN-13: 9781853021862, ISBN-10: 1853021865
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Date Published: January 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Foreword
	Introduction
1	Creativity and Underfunctioning: Some Consequences for Society	1
2	Fear and Underachievement	13
3	Boredom, High Ability and Achievement	29
4	Limited Intelligence and School Failure	41
5	Confusion and Underfunctioning in Children	51
6	The Effects of Physical Illness	77
7	The Effects of Child Abuse	90
8	The Child from the Chaotic Family	103
9	Racial Prejudice and Achievement	114
10	The Lack of Proper Social Relationships in Childhood Failure	135
11	Gender and Failure: A Motivational Perspective	154
12	Inappropriate Curricula, Teaching Methods and Underfunctioning	171
13	The Dyslexic Child	189
	List of Contributors	205
	Index	207