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Book The Relationship of Acculturation Achievement and Alienation Among Spanish American Sixth Grade Students

Download or read book The Relationship of Acculturation Achievement and Alienation Among Spanish American Sixth Grade Students written by Ignacio Ruben Cordova and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Relationship Between Acculturation Family Functioning and School Performance of Mexican American Adolescents

Download or read book The Relationship Between Acculturation Family Functioning and School Performance of Mexican American Adolescents written by Katherine Ann Gilda Elliott and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Investigation of the Relationship Between Acculturation and Academic Performance Self esteem and Ethnic Identity with Mexican American Children

Download or read book An Investigation of the Relationship Between Acculturation and Academic Performance Self esteem and Ethnic Identity with Mexican American Children written by Tamara L. Tencer Garrity and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Acculturation Social Support and Academic Achievement of Ninth Grade Mexican American High School Students

Download or read book The Acculturation Social Support and Academic Achievement of Ninth Grade Mexican American High School Students written by Eric J. López and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acculturation Acculturative Stress and Coping Responses of Mexican American University Students

Download or read book Acculturation Acculturative Stress and Coping Responses of Mexican American University Students written by Luis Antonio Vazquez and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 162 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 Educating the Mexican American

Download or read book Educating the Mexican American written by Henry Sioux Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acculturation Academic Achievement and School Attitude Among Latino College Students

Download or read book Acculturation Academic Achievement and School Attitude Among Latino College Students written by Yacihuilca Moní and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latinos are among the fastest growing ethnic groups in the US (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010). Nevertheless, for decades, Latinos have trailed behind other ethnicities academically. Latinos also have a high risk of dropping out of high school and are less likely to enroll in four-year colleges (Ryan & Siebens, 2012; A stronger America, 2012). There are a number of factors that may influence this gap in academic achievement. For example, people who have more positive school attitudes appear to consistently perform better in school (Colangelo et al., 1993; McCoach, 2001). Thus, one of the factors that may affect academic achievement among Latinos is their attitude toward school. Another factor that may influence both school attitude and academic achievement is that of acculturation. Acculturation refers to the psychological and behavioral changes that the individual experiences as a result of being exposed to a new culture or group (Berry, 1987). In 1987, Berry proposed a bidimensional model that incorporates four different acculturation strategies: Integration, assimilation, marginalization, and separation. Individuals who use the integration strategy tend to maintain the heritage culture while adapting to the host culture. Individuals who use the assimilation strategy typically discard the heritage culture and fully immerse themselves in the host culture. In the separation strategy, individuals engage with the heritage culture and reject the host culture. Finally, in the marginalization strategy, individuals disconnect from both the heritage and host cultures. Assimilation and integration are believed to be associated with more positive outcomes, while separation and marginalization are believed to be associated with more negative outcomes (Berry 1997). In addition to acculturation, other studies have suggested that variables such as depression, anxiety, substance use, and perceived discrimination are negatively associated with academic outcomes (Alamilla, Kim, & Lam, 2010; Berry, 1997; Eccles et al., 2006). Thus, this thesis posits that these variables may mediate the relationship between acculturation and academic outcomes (including both school attitude and academic achievement). The results of this study indicate that acculturation was not related to academic achievement. However, it was related to the degree to which a student feels satisfied with teachers, class material, and academic related activities or services. In other words, acculturation was related to school attitude. Participants who reported a higher level of integration had a more positive school attitude, while participants who scored higher on assimilation had a more negative school attitude. Acculturation was also related to substance use, depression, anxiety, and perceived discrimination. Students who scored higher on separation were more likely to experience high levels of depression, anxiety, and perceived discrimination. Students who scored higher on assimilation were more likely to engage in higher levels of substance use, but were less likely to experience perceived discrimination. Students who scored high on integration were slightly less likely to report symptoms of depression. Depression meditated the relationship between the use of the separation acculturation strategy and school attitude. Substance use mediated the relationship between integration and school attitude. The thesis demonstrates the importance of acculturation strategy in understanding academic outcomes among Latino college students. These factors include acculturation, depression, anxiety, substance use, and perceived discrimination. It also discusses the implications of these findings for educators and programs targeting the academic success of Latino college students.

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 The Academic Achievement of Mexican American Students

Download or read book The Academic Achievement of Mexican American Students written by Marc Swarttz and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: