One study of five elementary schools in different communities found significant differences in how knowledge was transmitted to students. Which of the following observations was NOT found?
a. Schools for working-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way
b. Schools for affluent students focus on creative activities in which students express their own ideas and apply them to the subject under consideration.
c. Schools for middle-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way.
d. Schools for students from elite families work to develop students' analytical powers and critical-thinking skills, applying abstract principles to problem solving.
c
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