the examples I have seen don't really relate to this situation. But suppose you were a Navajo six-year-old brought up in a traditional family in a traditional hogan with no electricity. Questions about dividing a pizza might not make much sense until you have eaten a certain number of school lunches. The idea that all slices are approximately equal is implicit in math questions using pizza, but such a child might answer something like well, who is hungriest? And what is pepperoni?
That's a bad example really, as six is young for fractions, but hopefully it answers the question of how a test question can be culturally biased. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Cameron Childress<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> I understand the theory behind it. I just don't see how a written >> test such as this can be racially biased. Either you know how to put >> out fires or you don't. > > Yeah - I have always wondered about how a question can be racially > biased. I would be interested in seeing a real example. A little > googling around didn't locate any good examples. > > -Camer > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
