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Graves, Nancy B. – 1974
An investigation of the interaction patterns of Polynesian and Pakeha (New Zealanders of European extraction) children and teachers in school and play areas of Auckland, New Zealand was undertaken to discover possible ethnic differences in modes of social interaction relevant to learning. Observations of children (ages 2 to 11) and their…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Kennan, William R.; And Others – 1980
A study of 25 male college students (14 Native Americans, 11 Anglo Americans) assessed the role of culturally-differing communications behavior in the dropout rate of Native American students (while the students want an education, they also wish to retain their cultural identity, and equate class participation with assimilation into non-Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Classroom Communication, College Students
Matluck, Joseph H. – 1978
The child brings to the classroom a socially conditioned way of behaving, both verbal and nonverbal, which reflects both the maturational process and sociocultural conditioning, and a socially conditioned view of what the norms of the dominant society are and what that society expects of him or her. The school attempts to transmit the cultural…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background