Culturally Based Explanations of Minority Students' Academic Achievement.

Trueba, Henry T.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Culturally Based Explanations of Minority Students' Academic Achievement.

Trueba, Henry T.

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v19 n3 p270-87 Sep 1988

Reviews research on the relationship of cultural background to academic achievement. Concludes that the most successful approaches to minority education recognize and use cultural background in the activity settings in which the learning process takes place. (FMW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnography, Labeling (of Persons), Minority Group Children, Multicultural Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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