Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 11120117
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED115621 AUTHOR: Sullivan, Allen R.
TITLE: Issues in Assessing Multi-Cultured Youth: Its
Implications for Teachers.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1973
NOTE: 19 p.; Prepared for the Conference on Competency
Based Teacher Education: The Potential for Multi-Cultural
Education, Teacher Corps Associates (Madison, Wisconsin,
November 1-2, 1973)
ABSTRACT: There has recently been an increasing awareness
that the United States is a culturally diverse nation. Many
people have seen this diversity as a divisive force and
have therefore adhered to the melting pot theory. Everyone
comes
out of a melting pot the same. Consequently, (1)
intelligence tests have been devised that are only relevant
to the experiences of nonminority children; (2) schools
have refused to offer bilingual education to Chinese,
Mexican, and other children whose first language is not
English; (3) courts have only recently considered offering
bilingual translation of court proceedings; and (4) teacher
training has rarely included anything that would focus a
potential teacher's attention on the needs of culturally
different children. In fact, many white teachers come to
teaching with unfortunate prejudices against nonwhite
children, as was shown by a study in which white female
undergraduates consistently gave less praise,
encouragement, or attention to black junior high students
regardless of whether they had been told these students
were gifted or nongifted. Intelligence tests are
particularly susceptible to cultural bias; furthermore,
they are limited in their ability to assess a child's real
potential. The Dove Counter Balance Intelligence Test was
created to help psychologists and others think about and
design tests that recognize varieties of cultural
experience and the different usages of language among
different ethnic groups. (An example of this test is
included.) (CD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Acculturation-; Culture-Fair-Tests; Ethnic
Groups; Social-Bias
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bias-; *Bilingual-Education; *Cultural
Pluralism; *Intelligence-Tests; *Test-Bias
This is an ERIC database document. ERIC is the National
Education Information Network for providing ready access to
the literature of education - descriptions of exemplary
programs, research and development efforts, and related
information that can be used in developing more effective
educational programs. The ERIC database is currently
available on CD-ROM in the main library (ground floor of
the West Wing) at Michigan State University.To locate ERIC
documents in the library: identify the first line of each
record (i.e., the field ERIC TITLE NUMBER). ED following
ERIC TITLE NUMBER indicates an ERIC document, an
unpublished research study.
Most of these items are available in the Micrforms Library,
located on the 3rd floor of the West Wing. All you need is
the six digit ED number.
If EJ follows ERIC TITLE NUMBER the item is a journal
article. The complete journal name islisted after the code
JOURNAL.
To find the call number and location of a journal you may
use the printed JOURNALS INDEXED IN C.I.J.E. located at the
ERIC CD-ROM workstation and at the Cosial Sciences and
Humanities/GovernmentDocuments Reference Desk. You may also
type the journal name, without the dashes "-" , into a
MAGIC terminal.
This information is for educational purposes only. References
to commercial products or trade names does not imply
endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not
mentioned. This information becomes public property upon
publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU
Extension. Reprinting cannot be used to endorse or advertise
a commercial product or company.
This file was generated from data base DP on 06/25/02.
Data base DP was last revised on 12/95/ .
For more information about this data base or its contents please contact
cook@msue.msu.edu . Please read our
disclaimer for important
information about using our site.