01:920:108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Test Anxiety
18 Dec 2016
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Sociology 108 - minority groups in american society. Week 11 reading notes: farkas, changing test score gaps from 1970-1990 the black-white test score gap has decreased 40%, but has remained steady since. Disparities between blacks and whites in income or family structure. Genetic and cultural differences between blacks and whites: differences in home environment and test score impact. Social classes - professional, middle, working, and low class children are exposed to different sized vocabularies; children internalize conversational culture of their family. African americans have an inexplicable vocabulary gap of approximately 1 year separating them from whites. Statistics show that when mixed children have african. Parents of poor african american children are unable to teach their children as much or read to them. Middle class and white parents are encouraging and positive while. African american parents and lower class are discouraging and punitive. Between 20 and up to 40 points difference.
