Name: Janayah Headen Date

Final Paper Template

Section 1: Topic and Question How does urban students view suburban students?(&) How does suburban students view urban students?

Section 2: Background What background information (news sources, statistics, information) would help describe how this stereotype works in society? Can use concepts you learned in Schieras class to connect this to social sciences as well.

I feel that this stereotype falls under sociology because this has something to do with two different groups of people. (Why Teach Urban Students Differently?
There are two main reasons to teach urban students differently: they are a different population and they live in a different environment. Students build understanding by connecting new information to their personal knowledge-base and experiences. Urban students bring a rich set of experiences to the classroom that may be significantly different than those of students in small-town settings, including cultural perspectives and intimate knowledge of foreign environments. Effective teaching of urban students requires instructors to tap into these rich experiences, cultural customs, and practical skills sets - the classroom's "funds of knowledge" - to design activities that urban students will consider to

be "real.) This is something i got from off of the internet called Teaching Urban Students

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/urban/index.html

Section 3: Methodology

This should be clear enough so that anyone who reads your description could replicate the survey effortlessly. o Describe and defend your chosen sampling procedure. o Detail your randomization process. o Carefully explain when, where, and how you administered the survey. o Provide a copy of your survey.

Section 4: Data Organize your data in tabular form. Include appropriate graphical and numerical summaries bar graphs, pie charts, counts, proportions, percents.

Section 5: Analysis Describe the results in paragraph form.

Section 6: Interpretation Discuss what the data tells you about the topic/question you chose. What generalizations might you draw about the population from which the sample was drawn?

Section 7: Pitfalls and Extensions I was faced with many difficulties during this project and my survey Share any difficulties you experienced during the survey project. What might you do differently if you were to repeat the survey? Are there any possible extensions of this survey project that might prove interesting?

Appendix A: Your Survey

Form Title

Where do you live? City Suburbs Small town

Other: How old are you? 14-18 19-23

23-27 What is your race? African American White Asian Hispanic

Other: What type of school did you attend? Public Private Religious

Other: List three things that come to mind when you think about Urban students. List three things that come to mind when you think about suburban students. What do you feel are some differences between urban and suburban students? Do you plan to go to college? Yes No Are you the first to go to college in your family ? Yes No