ther the themes identified by the authors are stable for other at-risk resilient student groups and will also look for any new themes not spotted by the authors.
Further, the proposed investigation will provide educators with additional information about resilient students. This information can be used by them in both working with resilient students and in designing programs to help students become more resilient.
The study's basic research problem can be re-characterized as an attempt to answer the following research questions:
1. Why have these students succeeded when others with similar characteristics have not?
2. What critical incidents or events were influential in helping these students?
3. What was the locus of control for these students in terms of what they did for themselves and in terms of their perceptions about what others did for them?
4. What is the perspective of these resilient students toward school activities and teaching practices that are inten
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