Language in the Classroom: Studies of the Pygmalion Effect.

Williams, Frederick; Whitehead, Jack L.

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ERIC Number: EJ047620

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Publication Date: 1971

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Language in the Classroom: Studies of the Pygmalion Effect

Williams, Frederick; Whitehead, Jack L.

English Record, 21, 4, 108-113, Apr 71

Research is reported on the degree to which the speaker characteristics of children can be related to the attitudes of teachers, in the absence, and in the presence of additional visual information about the speaker. (JM)

Descriptors: Bias, Language Handicaps, Language Patterns, Lower Class, Nonstandard Dialects, Racism, Speech Communication, Student Characteristics, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Attitudes

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