intellectual and linguistic skills

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    • cultural deprivation theorists
      • argue that many children from low income black families lack intellectual stimulation and enriching experiences
      • see the lack of intellectual and linguistic skills as a major cause of underachievement for many minority children
      • left poorly equipped for school because they haven't been able to develop reasoning and problem solving skills
    • home langauge
      • has been concern that who do not speak English at home may be held back educationally
      • official statistics show that this is not a major factor
    • bereiter and egelmann
      • consider the language spoken by low income black American families as inadequate for educational success
      • see the language as ungrammatical disjointed and incapable of expressing abstract ideas

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