This article provides, first, a brief review of literature concerning the education of Hispanic American (Latino/a) students at the secondary and postsecondary levels and, second, the results of questionnaire research conducted with Latino/a and Anglo-American (White) students at a large university in the Southwest regarding classroom participation patterns. Latino/a students' responses reflected traditional Hispanic values (i.e., community and cooperation) when compared to White students' responses. However, intriguing similarities and counterintuitive responses from each group resulted as well.
n: Este manuscrito provee en primer lugar una revisión de la literatura en cuanto a la educación de estudiantes hispano-americanos (latinos) a nivel secundario y terciario; en segundo lugar los resultados de un cuestionario de investigación con estudiantes latinos y anglo-americanos (blancos) en una universidad en el suroeste con respecto a los patrones de participación en salones de clase. Las respuestas de los estudiantes latinos reflejaron valores hispanos tradicionales como comunidad y cooperación al compararse con las respuestas de los estudiantes blancos. Sin embargo, también se encontraron en ambos grupos respuestas con similitudes intrigantes y contra-intuitivas.
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