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Adams, Curt M.; Palmer, Anna H. – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background: Education has much in common with professions that are using positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship to transform practice, yet the science behind peak human and group functioning has been slow to displace deficit-based framing of reform policies and improvement strategies in education. Purpose of the Study: This…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Individual Differences, Self Determination, Learning Theories
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Wildhagen, Tina – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: The fulfillment of academic potential is an underdeveloped area of inquiry as it relates to explaining racial differences in academic outcomes. Examining this issue is important for addressing not only differences in the typical outcomes for African American and White students but also the severe underrepresentation of African…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Student Characteristics