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ERIC Number: EJ125304
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Relationship Between Child's SES and Teacher Expectations: A Test of the Middle-Class Bias Hypothesis
Harvey, Dale G.; Slatin, Gerald T.
Social Forces, 54, 1, 140-159, Sep 75
In order to assess the degree to which teachers' expectations are related to children's social class characteristics, 96 elementary school teachers of lower and middle-upper class children were asked to judge performance potential and related characteristics, including SES background, from a set of photographs of black and white children. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bias, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Middle Class Culture, Racial Differences, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
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