Middle-Class Teachers May Have Difficulty Understanding and Motivating Low-Income Minority

question 21

Multiple Choice

Middle-class teachers may have difficulty understanding and motivating low-income minority students because of

• A) a lack of parental support.
• B) language and cultural differences.
• C) the curriculum.
• D) the students' high absenteeism rate.

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