Marcus was a good student. As an African American, Marcus also knew that other people wouldnt automatically expect him to be a good student. When Marcus took testseven though he knew his material and knew from experience that he would do wellhe nevertheless felt some pressure from what other people thought. How can the stereotype threat result in lower performance by ethnic minorities?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
Even among high-achieving students who get good grades, what factors appear to prevent a decline in engagement with school during the high school years?
What will be an ideal response?
Endocasts from South African australopithecines.
An 1891 cartoon blames immigrants for the ills of American society: anarchy, socialism, mayhem, and
A parade for Grover Cleveland in Chicago in 1892, by John Klir. Music, mirth, real drama—a president
This image captures a protest of people who want the privilege of “naming” themselves.
Of four outcomes people can have after exposure to trauma, the most prevalent is resilience. Others, ...
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel are an example of the most common pattern of marriages between African ...