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(3.) Some examples will highlight the process. Several years ago one of my students conducted a research project investigating (preschoolers’) conceptions of[4] Native Americans. Using children at a local day care center as her participants, she asked these three- and four-year-olds to draw a picture of a "Native American". Most children were stumped by her request. They didn’t know what a Native American was. But when she rephrased the question and asked them to draw a picture of an Indian, they readily complied. Almost every picture included one central feature: feathers. In fact, many of them also included a weapon—a knife or tomahawk—and depicted the person in violent or aggressive terms.

I annotated this paragraph by underlining, circling, and added quotations around the central words and theme of the paragraph. Although i cannot show it here, i highlighted the words so you can get the meaning of it. The author is a teacher who's "student" conducted a research by testing preschoolers perspective of native Americans. They didn't understand what it was, however, when she rephrased by saying "Indian" they got the image and thought of things like Feathers, Weapons, knifes, and Tomahawks.