Teacher-pupil interactions among students of different ethnic groups, with particular focus on possible disparities between Mexican Americans and Anglos, were compared. Data were also collected on Blacks and other ethnic group students, but the number of these students proved inadequate for statistical analysis. Classroom observations in rural,…

Teacher-pupil verbal behavior in the classroom was assessed to discover if any significant differences existed in the interactions of teachers toward Mexican American and Anglo students. Classrooms were observed in 52 rural, urban, and suburban schools in California, New Mexico, and Texas with a substantial enrollment of Mexican American students.…