Teacher Student Interactions and Race in Integrated Classrooms

Studies have shown in the past that there is racial bias in classrooms. Many say that African American students are treated more poorly than Caucasian American students. Examples include less student-teacher interaction, less praise given and less help being given to African American students. A recent study showed that approximately 9 out of 10 teachers are Caucasian females from predominantly suburban settings. The study concluded that, from their background, these Caucasian female teachers had little contact with the African American culture, thus making it slightly more difficult to work with them and having a low tolerance towards them and their actions.

In this article, an experiment was performed that would show whether former studies still remained true. 417 seventh graders were chosen for this experiment, all living in southeastern Louisiana. The students that were studied were 184 African Americans (101 girls, 83 boys); 233 Caucasian Americans (121 girls, 112 boys). The selected class was a social studies classroom made up of "low achievers". This class was chosen because it should have proven to have the most interaction between stud

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