Hoggart says that this type of student must be "more and more alone" (517) in order to succeed, and that this student must "cut himself off mentally, so as to do his homework, as well as he can " (517). ... He tells us that his mother barely knew any English. ... As a child, and as a "scholarship boy,"" Rodriguez "evaded nostalgia" (519) and tried to forget about his conflict between education and culture. ... He was so focused on getting a good education that he failed to realize the lessons that were put in front of him. ... As he read Robinson Crusoe, for example, he knew that the main them...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The reality of education's place in society can best be explained by employing the conflict theory (Kornblum, 2000). Conflict Theory attests that the educational system's true function is to reinforce and perpetuate the inequalities existing in society. ... In addition to being ignored or misrepresented in history, minority students, many who are financially wanting, are subjected to the capitalistic values of society through the presentation of lessons in arithmetic textbooks. ... Students who enter school speaking standard English as a second language may be hesitant in answering...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Using English and mathematics marks and high-school scholastic average, she produced a multiple R of .746. ... In his attempt to determine the effectiveness of various types of laboratory treatment for beginning college accounting students, Larson (39) found that students assigned to "enriched" laboratory treatment obtained insignificantly higher mean achievement scores in accounting than those students assigned to the "regular" or to the neglected laboratory treatments. ... These findings conflict with other studies; it is possible that the effect of speed set upon accuracy depends upon t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The learning competencies in Measurement includes describes what it means to measure; describes the development of measurement from the primitive to the present international system of units; estimates or approximates the measures of quantities particularly length, weight/mass, volume, time, angle and temperature; uses appropriate instruments to measure quantities such as length, weight/mass, volume, time, angle and temperature; converts measurements from one unit to another for each type of measurement including the English system; and solves problems involving measurements such as perimeter,...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate