Across
- 4. The study of people and their vital statistics.
- 5. Either students learn to speak English as they sit in class or they fail school.
- 7. Focuses on the learning strengths of students and mediates the frequent mismatch between home and school cultures.
- 12. Recognize that there are trends over large numbers of people.
- 13. A recognition that some groups, voluntarily or involuntarily, have maintained their culture and their language.
- 15. The use of two languages for instruction.
Down
- 1. Designed to help children develop academic skills in both their native language and English.
- 2. Belief that academic problems can be overcome if educators study and mediate the cultural gap separating school and home.
- 3. Claiming ancestors from two or more races.
- 6. A measure of how social context, such as self-image, trust in others, and a sense of belonging can influence academic performance.
- 7. A set of learned beliefs, values symbols, and behaviors, a way of life shared by members of a society.
- 8. Using the native language as a bridge to English language instruction.
- 9. Absolute beliefs that all members of a group have a fixed set of characteristics.
- 10. Belief that some children do poorly because their teachers do not expect much of kids from certain racial and ethnic groups.
- 11. Instruction exclusively in English.
- 14. Shared common cultural traits such as language, religion, and dress.