Low-income US schools focus most on testing and have the fewest resources for interest-driven activities¶
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q1 i? In the USA, low-income schools focus the most on testing and have the fewest resources to sustain interest-driven activities, with most time, energy, and money going to test prep. → Roschelle 2019
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Roschelle 2019¶
Roschelle, J., & Burke, Q. (2019). Commentary on Interest-Driven Creator theory: a US perspective on fostering interest, creativity, and habit in school. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41039-019-0107-2
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Authors' observational argument about US educational equity, drawing on Dawson (2014). They state low-income communities, often oppressed by racism and structural inequities, have schools that focus the most on testing, corresponding to diminished student perceptions of autonomy and creative potential.
"Further, these schools have the fewest resources to sustain interest-driven activities, with the majority of time, energy, and money going towards test prep around mathematics, language arts, and a few other key subject areas."
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Low-income US schools focus most on testing and have the fewest resources for interest-driven activities |
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Low-income US schools focus most on testing and have the fewest resources for interest-driven activities |
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