Kumar Thinks That a Child's Background and Environment Influence Educational

question 42

Multiple Choice

Kumar thinks that a child's background and environment influence educational attainment more than the physical resources a school has at its disposal.His view most closely resembles the conclusions of which of the following studies?

• A)the Stanford prison experiment
• B)Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities
• C)James Coleman's studies on "between school effects"
• D)Randall Collins's studies of credentialism
• E)sociological studies of tracking and "within school effects"

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