6.3 Explain how race, ethnicity, prejudice, discrimination, and stereotype threat might affect student learning and achievement in schools.

​Damon, an African American student in Diane​ Collins's math​ class, pushed his math test away after a few minutes and​ proclaimed, "This is stupid. I​ don't know why we even have to do​ this." What is Ms. Collins most likely to​ think?

Damon may be exhibiting​ performance-avoidance goals because he​ doesn't want to look dumb.

Scores on standardized achievement tests in the last 30 years indicate​ that:

White students score better than both Black and Hispanic​ students, but the gap is narrowing.

Abeer is a smart​ third-grader in a class where she is the only student of color. Her teacher is experienced and​ open-minded about diversity and so goes out of her way to call on Abeer more often than she might if Abeer were​ White, even when her hand is not raised. The teacher is best described​ as:

engaging in discrimination.

If a person has​ rigid, irrational beliefs and negative feelings about a particular category of​ people, researchers describe the person​ as:

prejudiced.

​"A socially constructed category of people who share certain physical characteristics that members of a society have considered​ important" is the way researchers​ define:

race.