... Benefits were much larger for weaker teachers, suggesting that weaker teachers compensated for skill deficiencies by substituting the lessons for their own efforts. (educationnext.org)
We teach students to analyze failure: Was it truly error or a result of a lack of effort (or some study skill deficiency)? (learning.blogs.nytimes.com)
The same things they have done for years — including offering special training to women to account for the alleged skill deficiencies that keep them from moving up in their firms. (talentthinktank.com)