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deficit thinking: a standalone construct

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attributing students' academic struggles to deficiencies in the students or their backgrounds rather than to institutions.

In higher education, deficit thinking refers to attributing students' academic struggles to deficiencies in the students or their backgrounds rather than to institutions. This meaning comes from Smit (2012) in Higher Education Research & Development.[1]

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  1. Smit, R. (2012). Towards a clearer understanding of student disadvantage in higher education: problematising deficit thinking. Higher Education Research & Development, 31(3), 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2011.634383

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