r and minorities, dropout rates are higher. Head Start was a program aimed to provide educational and developmental services to preschoolers from low-income families; health improvement was a primary goal.
Gender also effects academic achievement. Gender role includes culturally acceptable sexual behavior. Gender identity development includes biological, environmental, familial, peer, and media influences. Gender stereotyping occurs in the classroom; studies show that teachers pay more attention to boys than girls, particularly with reference to math and science. Teacher-student interactions effect classroom achievement.
"Cognitive and language development." The understanding of cognitive development helps with instructional decisions. Piaget's cognitive theory of development provides educators with the knowledge that children are at a different cognitive level than adults. Intelligence is viewed as an organization of structures or organized patterns of thought and action called schemes. S
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