PSQF 1075 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Descriptive Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge, Operant Conditioning
24 Mar 2016
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Cultural-deficit model: model that explains the school achievement problems of ethnic minority students by assuming that their culture is inadequate and does not prepare them to succeed in school. Convinced that it is difficult or impossible for them to advance in mainstream by doing well . Tracking: assignment to different classes and academic experiences based on achievement, many low ses students experience tracking and then have a different academic socialization and are taught differently. Ethnic groups and cognitive abilities: largely the legacy of racial segregation and continuing prejudice and discrimination. Outcomes of brown vs. board of education: state laws established separate public schools for black and white unconstitutional, separate but equal was not actually equal, this decision overturned the plessy v. ferguson decision which allowed state segregation. Bilingual education programs and goals: bilingual students speak a first language other than english, learn english as a. Definition of learning: learning: when experience causes a relatively permanent change in behavior and knowledge.
