Study surveyed South Dakota's Native American and Euro-Asian elementary teachers regarding differences in learning styles between Native American and Euro-Asian children. Analysis revealed significant differences in the way the two groups view factors contributing to lower reading achievement of Native American students. (SM)

This paper reports the findings from the qualitative component of a study of first-year teachers in urban schools in Connecticut during the school year 1989-90. Five first-year teachers, each from a different school in the Hartford (Connecticut) Public School System, were interviewed at 2-week intervals throughout the school year. The study was…