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Teacher Ratings of Hispanic and Anglo Students on a Behavior Rating Scale.
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Plata, Maximino; Masten, William G. – Roeper Review, 1998
A study of 115 Hispanic and 119 Anglo fifth-grade students and 12 teachers investigated teachers' nomination rates of Hispanic and Anglo students to gifted-and-talented programs. Results indicated that ethnicity was a factor in teachers' nomination rate and that differences in rates were more pronounced between Hispanic and Anglo females.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Discrimination, Females, Gifted
Acculturation and Teacher Ratings of Hispanic and Anglo-American Students.
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Masten, William G.; Plata, Maximino; Wenglar, Karen; Thedford, Joe – Roeper Review, 1999
A study examined differences between teacher ratings of 87 Anglo-American and 63 Hispanic fifth-grade students based on the students' ethnic status and acculturation level. Anglo-American students were rated higher on characteristics relating to learning, motivation, creativity, and leadership. Highly acculturated Hispanic students received higher…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acculturation, Creativity, Cultural Awareness