Exam 11: Multicultural Issues

The American school system operates from a European cultural framework and has an individualist orientation that values independence and individual achievement.

The five ethnic groups that make up the American population represent racial categories or biological differences between people.

The social practices, beliefs, values, and behaviors that members of a group use to communicate and interact are known as

The assessment protocols for children from ethnic minorities should feature all of the following, except

Individualist cultures operated from a European cultural framework and focuses on all of the following, except

Assessors should use process-oriented measures to assess bilingual and bidialectal children for language impairments.

Latinos represent a variety of nationalities within their larger ethnic group, including Mexicans, Central/South Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans.

Cultural Sensitivity refers to the extent to which a family feels the need to maintain their own cultural identity while at the same time accepting the values and beliefs of the European American tradition.

Individualist cultures focus on independence within individuals, whereas collectivist cultures focus on interdependence among group members.

Americans from the Asian tradition may come from Asia or islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Recognizing that you are a product of the beliefs, values, and social-political history of your own ethnic group is

Maintaining one's own cultural identity while accepting the values and beliefs of the European American tradition is known as

The challenges of working with children from other ethnic minority groups include all of the following, except

People from an African-based language tradition include those who describe themselves as African American, African, and Afro-Caribbean.

An ethnic group is a group of individuals who share

Understanding that ones way of speaking or interacting is no more right or sensible that the interactions of another ethnic group is demonstrates

Collectivist cultures that focus on interdependence between members include

Explain how and why a child's school achievement impacted by his or her culture and language.

Explain how assessment and intervention practices be modified in response to a child's language and cultural status.

Americans are classified as falling within one of five ethnic groups: European American, Black American, Latino American, Asian American, and Native American.