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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED169177 AUTHOR: Gordon, Edmund W.
TITLE: Perspective on the Status of Research and
Development Concerning Minority Groups in the United
States.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1975
NOTE: 11 p.; Speech prepared for the American Educational
Research Association Symposium on Dimensions of Competence
in Classrooms (Washington D.C., March 31, 1975); Best copy
available
ABSTRACT: The most pressing problems of research on
minority groups have not received adequate attention. One
such problem is that of identification and understanding of
the mechanisms of learning facility and learning
dysfunction and the implications of both for the optimum
development of heterogeneous populations. Secondly, in
contrast to the body of research and statistics concerning
intellectual status, little has been done to analyze the
qualitative aspects of intellectual function in target
populations. A third area of research on plasticity of
intellectual development has yet to yield definitive
results. Zigler's work on the relationship between quality
of intellectual function and affective state may provide
insight into the development of cognitive achievement, if
pursued. A fourth area of possible research is the
implications of population diversity and pluralism for
behavioral analysis and assessment. Finally the context in
which learning takes place and the purposes served by
learning must also be further explored. Ogbu and Wallace
have argued, in different ways, that the purposes served by
education are determined by the society that sponsors it.
(Author/WI)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Equal
Education; Intelligence-; Learning-Problems; Political
Influences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Environment; *Educational
Research; *Intellectual-Development; *Minority-Groups;
*Research-Needs
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