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ERIC Number: EJ560304
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Conceptions of Fair Learning Practices among Low-Income African American and Latin American Children: Acknowledging Diversity.
Schmahl, Cindy M.; Thorkildsen, Theresa A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n4 p719-27 Dec 1997
African American and Latin American elementary school students from low-income urban neighborhoods (n=102) were interviewed about the fairness of four teaching practices. Overall, findings support a sociocultural approach to the study of moral reasoning that is respectful of individual as well as group variability. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Diversity (Student), Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equal Education, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Fairness; Moral Reasoning
Note: Some results were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, 1991).