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Disparities in Advanced Math and Science Skills Begin by Kindergarten
The74 via Yahoo ^ | January 3, 2022 | Paul Morgan

Posted on 01/03/2023 2:45:19 PM PST by grundle

Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new study finds that 13% of white students and 16% of Asian students display advanced math skills by kindergarten. The contrasting percentage for both Black and Hispanic students is 4%.

These disparities then continue to occur throughout elementary school. By fifth grade, 13% of white students and 22% of Asian students display advanced math skills. About 2% of Black students and 3% of Hispanic students do so. Similar disparities occur in advanced science skills.

What explains these disparities? Factors that consistently explain these disparities include the family’s socioeconomic status – such as parental education and household income – and the student’s own understanding of math, science and reading during kindergarten.

We observed these findings in analyses of a nationally representative sample of about 11,000 U.S. elementary school students. The students were followed from the start of kindergarten until the end of fifth grade. Why it matters

Fewer than 10% of U.S. scientists and engineers are Black or Hispanic.

Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills are constraining the country’s scientific innovation and economic competitiveness. Students who display advanced math skills early are more likely to later obtain doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields – collectively called STEM – and to become scientists or inventors.

Yet little has been known about how early racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills emerge. This information could help inform efforts to support students of color at a key time of child development.

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To: grundle
Disparities in Advanced Math and Science Skills Begin by Kindergarten Fertilization.
61 posted on 01/03/2023 6:02:31 PM PST by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: lombardwarrior2

Not my post.


62 posted on 01/03/2023 6:19:51 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: frank ballenger

“Modern Mathematics Confronts Its White, Patriarchal Past”

But the We Wuz Kangs afrocentrists claim black Africans invented all math.


63 posted on 01/03/2023 6:23:44 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: grundle

What advanced math skills are these kindergartners exhibiting? Ore-school calculus?


64 posted on 01/03/2023 6:24:58 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Reily

I CANCELED my subscription in 1972, it was quite evident even back then that they were turning into a WOKE/PROG/LIB/SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST/DEMOCRAT worthless RAG


65 posted on 01/03/2023 6:32:06 PM PST by 5th MEB
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To: grundle
Ghetto Math Test ------------------------------------------------------------

Inner City High School Math Proficiency Exam

NAME______________________________________________ ___

GANG/CREW NAME______________ Crib_________________

1. Ramone has an AK-47 with a 30 round clip. He usually
misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per
 drive-by shooting.

How many drive-by shootings can Ramone attempt before he has
 to reload? ________

2. Otis has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball
to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram,
What is the street value of the rest of his hold? _________

3. DeShawn pimps 3 ho's. If the price is $85 per trick.

How many tricks per day must each ho turn to support
DeShawn's $800 per day crack habit?

________

4. Darius wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought

for $40,000 to make 20% profit. How many ounce bags will he
need to make to obtain the 20% profit? _______

5. Desmond gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a
Corvette, and $100 for a 4x4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2
Corvettes and 3 4x4's, How many more Corvettes 
must he steal to have $900? _______

6. LeRoy got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000
for the hit.

If his common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per
month, How much money will be left when he gets out? __________

7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square
feet and the average letter is 3 square feet.

How many letters can be sprayed with 3 eight
ounce cans of spray paint with 20% paint left over?

________

8. Tyrone knocked up 3 girls in the gang. There are 27
girls in his gang.

What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knockedup? 
________

9. LaSheena is a lookout for the gang. LaSheena also
has a boa constrictor that eats 3 small rats per week at a 
cost of $5 per rat. If LaSheena makes $700 week as a 
lookout, how many weeks can she feed her snake on one week's
income? _________

10. Marvin steals Joe's skateboard. As Marvin skates
away at 15 mph, Joe loads his 357 Magnum. If it takes 
Joe 20 seconds to load his piece, how far away will 
Marvin be when he gets whacked?

66 posted on 01/03/2023 6:32:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cherry

it is clear that a settled mind can learn better then a mind that is in chaos....some of these inner city families are in constant chaos....

but I'm sure more billions will solve their family issues.

This. If there's no discipline in the home even the best teachers are just banging their heads against the wall. But any criticism of certain groups' culture is now racist, never mind that the same criticisms could be made against some subgroups of white people.

67 posted on 01/03/2023 6:37:27 PM PST by FormerFRLurker
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To: firebrand

All through school I was terrible at foreign languages including Spanish, I lived in a Mexican neighborhood most of my friends spoke both English and Spanish, MATH was the one foreign language (and yes, it is a language with lots of dialects) I HAD TO LEARN.

My job later in life required advanced mathematics if I wanted to do it well.

(hydraulics and fluid dynamics)


68 posted on 01/03/2023 6:47:13 PM PST by 5th MEB
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To: grundle

What advanced math is Japan teaching 5 year olds? Fractions, or how to do calculus?


69 posted on 01/03/2023 6:50:32 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: grundle
Do not send your child to the horrible public schools.

Grundle, that is good advice for all parents. Private school or homeschool. Students of all ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds excel in homeschooling. One of mine pretty much taught himself, and he ended up working through college as a math tutor.

70 posted on 01/03/2023 6:53:25 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: grundle

Would that really do them any good. White and Asian kids would be attending those good schools too. The Black and Hispanic kids scores would still be lower. Bell Curve.


71 posted on 01/03/2023 7:01:17 PM PST by Clarancebeaks
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To: gitmo
What advanced math skills are these kindergartners exhibiting?

People are misunderstanding the term "advanced math skills". As usual, people on this forum misunderstand a term they're not familiar with, and then make fools of themselves.

In this case, "advanced math SKILLS" refers to understanding mathematical concepts that are normally considered appropriate to an older child. A kindergarten "student" who understands maths at a level normally associated with third grade has "advanced math SKILLS". An eighth grader who understands maths at a level normally associated with senior year of high school has "advanced math SKILLS".

"Advanced" modifies "skills" not "math".

People on this forum bitch about authors who can't write, while they show evidence that they can't read.

It's pathetic.

72 posted on 01/03/2023 7:10:25 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Organic Panic

Good question.

Black students tend to be pretty evenly divided across college majors. Why would anyone think that’s a bad thing?


73 posted on 01/03/2023 7:33:07 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: SauronOfMordor
I had nothing to do there except read and do homework.

What you described is unschooling: You had nothing to do. You were surrounded by books, so you read them.

74 posted on 01/03/2023 7:52:08 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: firebrand

Well said and so true.


75 posted on 01/03/2023 8:00:28 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: montag813

Because the Bell Curve measures what it measures and calls that intelligence.

First thing I learned in statistics.


76 posted on 01/03/2023 8:24:57 PM PST by firebrand (. )
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To: grundle

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77 posted on 01/03/2023 11:56:27 PM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: grundle

90% of American children are not prepared for life in the real world.
India and China could steal every job in America and still have workers to spare.
The Deep State knows this.
American voters have no idea.


78 posted on 01/04/2023 7:17:14 AM PST by Zathras
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