Success and Failure: A Micro-Ethnographic Comparison of Navajo and Anglo Students' Perceptions of Testing.

Deyhle, Donna

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ERIC Number: EJ343794

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Publication Date: 1986

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Success and Failure: A Micro-Ethnographic Comparison of Navajo and Anglo Students' Perceptions of Testing.

Deyhle, Donna

Curriculum Inquiry, v16 n4 p365-89 Win 1986

A comparison of Anglo and Navajo students' perceptions of school achievement tests revealed a cultural dichotomy concerning the significance and purpose of tests. Study results pose policy questions: Should students be enculturated into test-taking values or should testing forms be changed to reflect cultural considerations of valued knowledge? (CJH)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indian Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Theories, Navajo, Student Needs, Test Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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