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Book Educational Achievement Among Mexican Americans

Download or read book Educational Achievement Among Mexican Americans written by George W. Mayeske and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Factors Affecting the Achievement of Mexican Americans

Download or read book Factors Affecting the Achievement of Mexican Americans written by Norma G. Hernandez and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Exploring Resilience and Academic Achievement

Download or read book Exploring Resilience and Academic Achievement written by Diana L. Wildermuth and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demography of the United States is changing rapidly creating challenges in the classrooms and ultimately changing the educational system in the United States due to this increase in diversity. With this change there is a need for educators and educational researchers to know more about the most rapidly growing ethnic group: Latinos. The purpose of the present study was to investigate why some Latino students struggle to achieve in school while other Latino students excel in their educational pursuit. This study differs from other studies since it compares academic performance differences between Mexican (n=56) and Mexican American students (n=30) in a small suburban school district in an agricultural area in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The present study investigated barriers to academic achievement such as discrimination, acculturation, language acquisition and socioeconomic status, and looked at variables related to academic success. The study focused on two psychological constructs as possible predictors of academic achievement for this group of students: resilience and acculturation. In addition, a variety of variables were used in the study as demographic predictor variables. These included: birthplace (whether the student was born in the United States or Mexico), the student's level of acculturation, the length of time in the United States, the student's level of family socio-economic status, the student's level of resilience, gender, home language, and educational placements (ESL, Special Education, technical education enrollment). The outcome variables included a variety of measures of academic achievement including grade point average and SAT scores. All of the predictor variables were analyzed against all of the outcome variables using Pearson correlations and multiple regression. The findings of this study have addressed multiple issues surrounding resilience, acculturation and academic achievement within the new demography of the United States. While there were statistically significant findings, they are not necessarily meaningful due to the small effect size. Nonetheless, it is imperative that researchers continue to explore what factors may contribute to the success of some Latinos while others do not succeed. For example, one somewhat unexpected finding was the strength of the relationship between acculturation and academic achievement, since a student's cultural competence was a strong predictor of academic success. In addition to these findings and a subsequent discussion, this study highlights the need for more culturally sensitive resilience measures or acculturation measures and ways to support Latino students in order to bridge the academic achievement gap that exists. This study did bring attention to what may be societal struggles that impede the success of Latinos in the United States education system.

Book Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Learning Mathematics

Download or read book Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Learning Mathematics written by Rodney R. Cocking and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book A Comparison of Differences in Achievement and Learning Abilities Between Anglo and Mexican American Children when the Two Groups are Equated by Intelligence

Download or read book A Comparison of Differences in Achievement and Learning Abilities Between Anglo and Mexican American Children when the Two Groups are Equated by Intelligence written by Mark Karadenas and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Study of the Culture Gap Hypothesis as an Explanation for the Academic Achievement Deficits of Mexican American Students

Download or read book A Study of the Culture Gap Hypothesis as an Explanation for the Academic Achievement Deficits of Mexican American Students written by Meredith Buenning and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Assessment and Access

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  • Author : Gary D. Keller
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 1991-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780791407790
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Assessment and Access written by Gary D. Keller and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: advances in assessment and the potential for increasing the number of Hispanics in higher education by Gary D. Keller. Cultural and linguistic influences on Latino testing by José P. Mestre and James M. Royer. Diagnostic testing of reasoning skills by Richard P. Durán. Assessing heuristic knowledge to enhance college students' success by Raymond V. Padilla. Time as a factor in the cognitive test performance of Latino college students by María Magdalena Llabre. Factors related to differential item functioning for Hispanic examinees on the Scholastic Aptitude Test by Alice P. Schmitt and Neil J. Dorans. Eduating the scores of the College Board Prueba de Aptitud Académica and the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test by William H. Angoff and Linda L. Cook.

Book The Spanish Speaking in the United States  a Guide to Materials

Download or read book The Spanish Speaking in the United States a Guide to Materials written by United States. Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Comparison of Differences in Achievement and Learning Abilities Between Anglo and Mexican American Children when the Two Groups are Equated by Intelligence

Download or read book A Comparison of Differences in Achievement and Learning Abilities Between Anglo and Mexican American Children when the Two Groups are Equated by Intelligence written by Mark Karadenes and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: