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How children fail

Author: John Caldwell Holt
Publisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1995], ©1982.
Series: Classics in child development (Reading, Mass.)
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : Rev. edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Since its first publication in 1964, this book has helped two generations of parents and teachers understand what actually happens in the classroom. Holt's astute observation of children, his clear simple style, and his lifelong conviction that we can do better by our children make How Children Fail an enduring classic.
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Genre/Form: Nonfiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Caldwell Holt
ISBN: 0201484021 9780201484021
OCLC Number: 32626803
Notes: Originally published: Rev. ed. New York : Delta/Seymour Lawrence, ©1982.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Description: 298 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents: Strategy --
Fear and failure --
Real learning --
How schools fail --
To summarize.
Series Title: Classics in child development (Reading, Mass.)
Responsibility: John Holt.
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