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Download full textLambert, Judy C. – 1994
This study investigated elementary school teachers' perception of their first grade students' interest in multicultural trade books. The study participants included 151 first graders, 17 experienced teachers, and 65 preservice teachers. The study used 15 multicultural trade books and 15 non-multicultural books matched as closely as possible in…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary School Students
Macfarlane, Jim; Crawford, Pat – 1985
A great number of students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. In an attempt to redress this situation, A. Y. Jackson Secondary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Females, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Peer reviewedIadicola, Peter – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1981
Differentiating and ranking (D/R) mechanisms (norm-referenced testing, grouping, competition, busing differences) within the school isolate the culturally foreign and define them as inferior to the culturally dominant. The D/R factors constitute a vehicle by which the school commits symbolic violence. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Busing, Competition, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
