"A child's learning is a function more of……" — James S. Coleman

"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher."

— James S. Coleman

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19 Quotes by James S. Coleman

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If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a…
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided…
Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving…
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports,…
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which…
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan…
In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that…
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic…

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More Characteristics Quotes

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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. — Aristophanes
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. — Gaston Bachelard
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and… — Walter Bagehot
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security… — Dave Barry
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic. — Emma Bonino
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is… — Edward de Bono
The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,… — Kobe Bryant
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of… — Giacomo Casanova
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. — Lord Chesterfield

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