Summary
In summary, there are many things a teachers can do to make their classroom a place where children from all cultural and class backgrounds can succeed in learning to read.…
Conclusions – Part II
Effective Methods for Teaching Asian Pacific American Students As a teacher, it is also important to remember that Asian students are not always the best students, even though many teachers…
Animal testing: pros and cons
24 April in the calendar of ecological dates is marked as the world day of protection of laboratory animals that was established by the International Association against painful experiments on…
Conclusions
The research reviewed in Chapter Three has revealed several practices that may encourage culturally relevant teaching. In considering the past and present experiences of minority students in school, it is…
Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students – Part III
A study by Grice and Vaughn (1992), sought to explore the effect of using multicultural literature on African American and Caucasian children. Thirteen children in a southern city were asked…
Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students – Part II
A study by Rickford (2001) showed that culturally relevant literature does make a positive impact on the enjoyment of reading and comprehension of what is read for at risk students…
Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students
Mohr (2003) investigated the different choices Hispanic and non-Hispanic children made in selecting a book to keep to identify if multicultural literature was preferred by non-white students. Since it has…
Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part V
The Effect of Teachers Attitudes and Expectations on Students Learning Love and Kruger (2005) conducted two studies on the cultural relevance of assimilationist views in working with African American students.…
Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part IV
Wilson-Jones (2003) investigated African American males’ attitudes and feelings on finding success in school. The study summarized that the research in this area has shown that often African American students,…
Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part III
Murray, Stahl, and Ivey (1993) explored whether using alphabet books had an impact on the phonological awareness of a group of students in a high minority, low income pre-k classroom.…