In an Example of Applied Anthropology's Contribution to Improving Education,this

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Multiple Choice

In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education,this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S.urban school (Hill-Burnett,1978) .What did anthropologists discover in this study?

• A) Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of white students.
• B) The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement.
• C) The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program.
• D) Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education.
• E) The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions.

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