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t'sYchotofjrgt Urges More Trakuns Study Suggests White Girls, Blacks May Equal White Boys hi Mathematics Special To The Post . .Chapel Hill - The notion that white girls and black students of either sex can do as well as white boys in mathematics gained more support this week as an expert on testing released results of a study of almost 10,000 high school students across the United States White female and black high school seniors scored just as high as white male seniors on math ex aminations, the study showed, if they were equally skilled as so phomores and if they had taken the same number of math courses. Dr. Lyle V. Jones of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who conducted the study, said /' the research suggests that historical -: differences in mathematics test scores could be reduced further if ' not eliminated by encouraging girls and black males to study math. “These results emphasize the im portance of guiding all students in *; elementary and secondary schools, not Just white males, to enroll in mathematics and science courses,’' he said. Jones is the author of several -. widely publicised studies showing %1 * 1_: 7 that black children are closing the gap between scores they make on standardised teste like the SAT and scores made by white children. At UNC, he is Alumni Distinguished professor of psychology and direc tor of the L. L. Thurstone Psycho metric Laboratory. The new study, financed by the National Science Foundation and presented at a recent meeting of the American Educational Research As sociation, compkred how 9,700 stu dents who had taken achievement tests as sophomores during I960 fared on similar tests as seniors in 1962. The teste measured skills in com putation, arithmetic reasoning, graph reading, elementary algebra and geometry and were part of High School and Beyond, a project of the National Center for Education Sta tistics. As expected, Jones said, students who continued to take courses like advanced algebra and trigonometry in their final two years of high school scored significantly higher in 1982 than students who demonstrated equal ability in 1960, but stopped studying math. ^Jiing Cobra AnA In«tnnt <7hitting* V Secret California Party Stirs Nation-Wide Interest Los Angeles (KNS) While many Self-styled, so-called soul food gou mets seek more information about a “chitlin party” which is scheduled to be held here laler this month, pro * footers of the event have declared to release any data concerning where or when the bash will take place. Since the word first (lashed like lightning across fences and through .'."local poolhalls and churches, that " JLou Montgomery, co-franchisee in Southern California for the Curtis ..“C" Loaf, would host a “chitlin tasting party” to introduce his two pound block of “instant” chitter lings, people h*ve been chasing all over town trying to find out where the party is to be held. “Naturally, we want everybody to know just how truly great our pro duct is,’’ said Montgomery, as be jSSSedTor a cameraman with party co-host Ed Lara,. president of Westside Distributor?. “But since the announcement Was made, we „'.Jfeve been flooded with calls from / people who love chitterlings but hate the work that goes into preparing them for consumption. We are a small business enterprise about to get off the gound and we could not possibly afford to host a party for all those who would like to sample the Curtis ‘C’ Loaf.” Lara, associated with Anheuser Bush, Inc. as both distributor of King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor and other Anheuser-Busch Pro ducts, and also a corporate advi sor in matters of minority busi ness development and community relations, finds it intriguing to be co-host of a secret party. "We’re not saying a word to any Six-Day Workshop , Teachers who attended a six-day workshop at the University of - North Carolina at Charlotte can learn how to use readily available materials to teach earth science in their classes. A $10,000 grant from the Martin Marietta Company will entirely sup port the Workshop far up to 25 secondary level science teachers Dr. Alfred W. Stuart, chairman of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNCC, is co- • ordinator of the project. He said that classroom and laboratory work will be supplemented with visits to ee veral Martin Marietta mining sites . Teachers will do field work in the geologic areas known as the Char lotte Belt eastward through the Carolina Slate Belt, and ending with : stops In the Trlaseic Basin. Instruction will be provided by faculty from the UNCC Department of Geography and Earth Science and by an experienced secondary level science teacher. The workshop will be offered June ' 18-21 and 24-25. It is coordinated by the Center for Science and Math Education at UNCC in conjunction with the Office of Continuing Edu cation. Wc Error’d In the Women In Buelneee sec tion of the May 23 issue, the fol lowing was omitted from the story of Hmtei Simons, cosmetologist at D’Essence No. 2 Salon: "I first thank God," Mrs. Simons comment ed about her profession. "Also 1 want to thank my in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Simons, and my hus band, Warren." D’Eeaence No 2 Design Salon is located at 2822 Statesville Ave. BORED? ..The Charlotte Pest Hsts many activities In the Charlotte com munity to keep you -feg _ fj one,” said Lara, who reportedly signed a secrecy pact with Mont gomery so that only the 200 in vited guests are admitted. Lara spe culated that there might be ’Tnvi tation scalpers” in the parking lot at the party site making big bocks if this information were to be made known. “Of course," added Montgomery, “we’re going to tell all of the world how great the party was after it’s over. And those who are lucky enough to attend will go back into their neighborhoods and testify in our behalf. Soon, everybody will be buying our very exciting and deli cious Curtis ‘C Loaf.” “And drinking King Cobra,” Lara added, shedding notes on the party J that those in the know call “The Big Onat” __:_ Those who had taken math all the way through averaged 82 percent correct answers, while those whose transcripts showed no courses at the algebra I level or beyood averaged only 37 percent correct answers. “There have been a number of suggestions in the literature that males somehow perform better or learn more from mathematics than females do,” Jones said. "Re search continues to show that the average test scores of whites in math is higher than the average score for black students at the same grade level.” Whites did do better overall than blacks on the High School and Beyond tests and boys fared slightly better than girls. But after con trolling for advanced coursework and sophomore performance, the psychologist found that the score differences disappeared completely. "Hie important elements in the changes in achievement appear to be the initial level of skill and the courses that the students took in high school,” he said. “This sug gests that by providing more equal learning opportunities from kinder garten and grade school onward, we. would approach equal perfor tnawf”_ Jones warned parents, teachers and guidance counselors not to prejudice any children against mathematics, regardless of what their own experiences with the sub ject were while growing up. “Whether or not they choose to continue in higher education, stu dents will find that understanding sufficient mathematics and science will help them keep up with chang es in our technological age,” he said. “Students who don’t fake math will soon learn that they have a lot fewer options open to them than those who do.” The 9,700 students the UNC sci entist used in his analysis were a sample of a larger group of almost 50,000 high school students the Na tional Center for Education Statis tics first tested and gathered ex tensive personal information on in I960. The basic purpose of the contin uing project is to determine what high school coursework and other experiences make a difference in the ‘ later lives of the students, Jones -sat*-—---— LeCharles Robinson (r). wbo will be three years old this month, plays the role of "big brother" to tt«ti* Jeremy Robinson. Actually, the boys are cousins wbo r • ■ * ' ■■ - •re in tae care of their grandmother, Betty Robinson, while their parents work. Graduation is near and m is the time for awarding deserving students in the area of academics, com munity relations and sports. This is what the mem bers of Las Amigas took the time to do. The above students were honored by the local organization and awarded scholarships daring their respective awards day ceremonies to one of the above three areas Pictured 1. to r. (front row) Charlene Jones-com munity relations. Annette Jaggers-aeademlcs. and Chris Boat-academics. (Secead row) Renee Berrv academics. Cedric Aathony-academics and Bryan Hinson-sports. 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