Racial Differences in Scholastic Achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4960403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doxey A Wilkerson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 453 |
| Publication date | 1934-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2292383 |
| OpenAlex | W2321344687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Purpose.-The furor with which controversy rages in educational literature over alleged differences among races in mental and scholastic ability would seem to be predicated upon the thesis that the presence or absence of such differences is fraught with significant educational implications. Some writers definitely so avow. Beckham, for example, suggests that question of the relative intelligence of Negro adolescents, as compared with whites, is pertinent in segregated schools for the organization of the course of study and for vocational guidance.' Similarly, in a study of rural Negro children in Newton County, Mississippi, Farr seeks partially to explain the early elimination of \colored children from elementary schools in terms of the abstract nature of the curriculum, stating
Academic achievement · Achievement test · Ethnic group · Mathematics education · Racial differences · Sociology · Standardized test · Education Systems and Policy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1940 - 2011 (72) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |