In addition, the study indicated a decline in performance on tasks requiring high-level cognition (Patrick 2). ... Less than 10 percent of 17-year-old students seem to develop both an understanding of key ideas in these core subjects and the ability to apply these ideas to completion to tasks that require high-level cognition (Patrick 3). ... This group in 1989 was the first to delineate a consensus of what students should know at certain grade levels and how that information should be demonstrated in the classroom. ... He went on to say that teacher unions must play a key role in thi...

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What he thought would be English he was to teach, turned into classes on Economic Citizenship and Social Studies, but most often turned into the task of "keeping students occupied". ... These experiences are good examples of how cultural capital differs for these two groups. ... Sociological Concept #2 Hegemonic Curriculum The hegemonic curriculum, as described in class, is the ways in which we participate in dominant cultures values and which also serve to exploit or oppress us at the same time (Soc. 413 Lecture, 9-22-03). ... From April to June, these students were given the task of cor...

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