The teachers also criticize low-expectation students when they don t answer a question correctly and if the student does answer the question correctly they get less praise for a successful performance. In class the teacher discourages students from doing their work. Teachers teach low-expectation students but give the student less time and less attention which leads to low achievement. Some educators have stated that they hold colored students to lower standards because they are inferior quality. Minority student are placed in lower or non-academic tracks.
Research shows that minority students preferred a more traditional learning situation.
A traditional classroom environment tends to be more controlled and sedate. One teacher thinks that a traditional classroom is better for her students because they will learn more, but other teachers think differently. Some teachers focus on creating engaging and challenging authentic tasks that involve students on many different levels in productive activities such as putting together a newspaper. Strong collective traditions and values sometimes clash with the individualized, competitive approach to learning most traditional schools emphasize. Students might learn more in school if their lesson reflected verve that is, if the tasks the students were given were more varied.