Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ411309
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Publication Date: 1990
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Cultural Resources and School Success: Gender, Ethnicity, and Poverty Groups within an Urban School District.
Farkas, George; And Others
American Sociological Review, v55 n1 p127-42 Feb 1990
Tests a cultural resources/social interaction model of gatekeeping by school teachers using data for seventh and eighth grade students in a city school district. Results indicate informal academic standards by which teachers reward general skills, habits, and styles, accounting for course grade differentials observed for gender, ethnicity, and poverty. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Grade 7, Grade 8, Influences, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis, Questionnaires, Rewards, School Districts, Secondary Education, Sex Role, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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