Question

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. Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education.
C. The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions.
D. The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program.
E. The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement

Answer 1

Answer: The Puerto Rican students education was affected by their teacher's misconception.

Step-by-step explanation:

The anthropologist discovered that the Puerto Rico students education was affected by the way the teacher thought of the students.