What are some of the barriers to learning that are faced by adolescents from low-income backgrounds?
What will be an ideal response?
Many adolescents in poverty face problems that present barriers to their learning. They might have parents who don't set high educational standards for them, who are incapable of reading to them, or who don't have enough money to pay for educational materials and experiences, such as books and school trips. In addition, they might be malnourished and live in areas where crime and violence are a way of life. Schools in low-income areas are more likely than schools in higher-income locations to have more students with low achievement test scores, low graduation rates, and small percentages of students going to college. They are also more likely to have young teachers with less experience who encourage rote learning. The school environments may be less than optimal, with old buildings and classrooms in need of refurbishing.
You might also like to view...
Some critics have suggested that President Bush's staff were more concerned with getting a consensus on the issue of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq than listening to dissenting opinions. If true, this situation is an example of:
a. group polarization b. lowballing c. the fundamental attribution error d. groupthink
If individuals are assigned to experimental conditions such that each condition appears equally often and each conditions precedes and follows other conditions equally often, then participant assignment has been:
a. random. b. equated. c. counterbalanced. d. proportional.
If given a hammer, a baseball bat, and a football, seven-year-old Lisa would probably say that girls are more likely to play with these objects than boys
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which English language learning approach has been found to send children the message that their cultural heritage is respected and strengthens their cultural identity and self-esteem?
A. immersion approach B. bilingualism C. dual language learning D. language redirection approach