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9781578860777

Minority Report How African Americans and Hispanics Can Increase Their Test Scores

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  • ISBN13:

    9781578860777

  • ISBN10:

    1578860776

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-10-22
  • Publisher: R&L Education
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $53.00

Summary

Here, Gunn and Singh take a good look at one of society's most perplexing problems-our cultural testing bias. They believe that test-taking is a skill like many other cognitive endeavors, and in this book provide guidance in teaching math, verbal reasoning, abstraction, and language skills to minority children.

Author Biography

Harry E. Gunn, a licensed clinical psychologist, teacher, therapist, and diagnostician Jaswinder Singh is a psychologist and licensed mental health therapist

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Jose Arredondo
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
How Widely Are Tests Used in American Society?
1(4)
What Are Tests Used For?
5(14)
How Tests Are Created
19(4)
Why Do African Americans and Hispanics Score Lower on Tests than Their White Counterparts?
23(20)
Reasons for Low Scores on Specific Tests
43(8)
Left-versus Right-Brain-Based Learning and Cultural Bias
51(8)
Help from Parents and Teachers
59(22)
Help from Examiners
81(8)
Tests Can Be Fun
89(4)
Tests That Show the Superiority of Minority Children
93(6)
Psyching Up and Battling the Various Tests: Specific Remedies
99(22)
Epilogue 121(6)
Kalyani Gopal
Index 127(6)
About the Authors 133

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