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Between Games and Failure: A Micro-Ethnographic Study of Navajo Students and Testing.
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Deyhle, Donna – Curriculum Inquiry, 1983
This study examined student and teacher perceptions and attitudes toward tests in a Navajo day school. The researcher found a discripancy between teachers' and students' perceptions. Students lacked an understanding of the seriousness and purpose of tests. This could be a factor resulting in their depressed academic achievement. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Classroom Environment, Educational Research
Success and Failure: A Micro-Ethnographic Comparison of Navajo and Anglo Students' Perceptions of Testing.
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Deyhle, Donna – Curriculum Inquiry, 1986
A comparison of Anglo and Navajo students' perceptions of school achievement tests revealed a cultural dichotomy concerning the significance and purpose of tests. Study results pose policy questions: Should students be enculturated into test-taking values or should testing forms be changed to reflect cultural considerations of valued knowledge?…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indian Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context