Instruction and Improving Achievement
Low academic achievement is very closely correlated with a low socioeconomic status. In order for students from poverty to overcome this fact, it is up to teachers and schools to rethink instruction and learning.
Students must learn to be successful in the abstract representational world of school and work. Teachers can help by focusing on student learning and building students' cognitive strategies.
Students must learn to be successful in the abstract representational world of school and work. Teachers can help by focusing on student learning and building students' cognitive strategies.