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Download full textVitrogan, David – 1968
Reported is a demonstration project which involved 20 disadvantaged eighth grade students in a series of specially designed physical sciences experiments. It was hypothesized that these students, classified as nonliterate, would respond favorably to an approach which tended to break up their patterns of failure. Moreover, successful science…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 8, Learning Motivation
