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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Harry E. Gunn, a licensed clinical psychologist, has been a teacher, a therapist, and a diagnostician. In 1971, he co-published a study on "Bender Gestalt Performance Among Culturally Disadvantaged Children." This prompted his testing of children from the Appalachian Mountain region. Gunn is also the author of numerous other books, including The Test for Success Book, Fear of Success and Guilt Over Success, The Test Yourself Book, Manipulation by Guilt, Perceptual and Motor Skill, and Investment Euphoria and Money Madness.Jaswinder Singh is a professional psychologist and a licensed mental health therapist. He actively participated and designed cognitive tests to measure various cognitive abilities of adults and children. He served as an adjunct assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He also served on the staff at the University of Chicago. Singh's publishing history includes a recent book, Americanization of New Immigrants: People Who Come to America and What They Need to Know (University Press of America), as well as numerous journal articles. He has given many invited lectures to lay audiences as well as the scientific community.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. How Widely Are Tests Used in American Society? Chapter 6 2. What Are Tests Used For? Chapter 7 3. How Tests Are Created Chapter 8 4. Why Do African Americans and Hispanics Score Lower on Tests than Their White Counterparts? Chapter 9 5. Reasons for Low Scores on Specific Tests Chapter 10 6. Left- versus Right-Brained Based Learning and Cultural Bias Chapter 11 7. Help from Parents and Teachers Chapter 12 8. Help from Examiners Chapter 13 9. Tests Can Be Fun Chapter 14 10. Tests That Show the Superiority of Minority Children Chapter 15 11. Psyching Up and Battling the Various Tests: Specific Remedies Chapter 16 Epilogue Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Authors
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. How Widely Are Tests Used in American Society? Chapter 6 2. What Are Tests Used For? Chapter 7 3. How Tests Are Created Chapter 8 4. Why Do African Americans and Hispanics Score Lower on Tests than Their White Counterparts? Chapter 9 5. Reasons for Low Scores on Specific Tests Chapter 10 6. Left- versus Right-Brained Based Learning and Cultural Bias Chapter 11 7. Help from Parents and Teachers Chapter 12 8. Help from Examiners Chapter 13 9. Tests Can Be Fun Chapter 14 10. Tests That Show the Superiority of Minority Children Chapter 15 11. Psyching Up and Battling the Various Tests: Specific Remedies Chapter 16 Epilogue Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Authors
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