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ERIC Number: EJ500199
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
The Multicultural Science Classroom.
Atwater, Mary M.
Science Teacher, v62 n4 p42-45 Mar 1995
This article stresses the value of science teaching in multicultural classrooms and examines assumptions that are often made about student learning abilities. Puts teacher expectations into a multicultural perspective and provides a racial identity development scheme for whites and African Americans. (LZ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Multicultural Education, Racial Bias, Racial Identification, Science Education, Science Instruction, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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