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Twice as less : Black English and the performance of black students in mathematics and science

Title
Twice as less : Black English and the performance of black students in mathematics and science / Eleanor Wilson Orr.
Author
Orr, Eleanor Wilson
Publication
New York : Norton, ©1987.

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Description
240 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Traces specific ways nonstandard English usage can lead to nonunderstanding and misunderstanding for African-American students.
Subject
  • Black English
  • Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States
  • Science > Study and teaching > United States
  • African Americans > Education
  • Language and education > United States
  • African American students > Language
  • African Americans > Languages
  • African American scientists
  • African American mathematicians
  • African Americans > Languages
  • African American scientists
  • African American mathematicians
  • African American students > Language
  • African Americans > Education
  • Black English
  • Language and education
  • Mathematics > Study and teaching
  • Science > Study and teaching
  • Schulerfolg
  • Noirs américains > Education
  • Langage et éducation > États-Unis
  • United States
  • USA
  • Schwärze
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [234]-235.
ISBN
  • 0393023923
  • 9780393023923
  • 0393305856
  • 9780393305852
LCCN
87005758
OCLC
  • ocm15366616
  • 15366616
  • SCSB-1180231
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library