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  • Academic achievement trajectories of adolescents from Mexican and East Asian immigrant families

    Creator:
    Jeong, Yu Jin
    Abstract:
    Academic achievement of adolescent children is directly associated with their success in adulthood. Little is known, however, regarding how adolescents in immigrant families academically grow over time and what factors influence the trajectories. Drawing on the National Educational Longitudinal Survey 1988 (NELS: 88), this study aimed to: 1) identify the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

  • Early family risk and children's academic achievement

    Creator:
    Sektnan, Michaella A.
    Abstract:
    Children who have multiple family risk factors are at increased risk for poor developmental outcomes, including poor academic achievement. The present study focused on charting the pathways through which early family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and chronic maternal depressive symptoms...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and

  • Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

    Creator:
    Merrill, Marina L.
    Abstract:
    This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

  • Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

    Creator:
    Badiee, Shahrnaz
    Abstract:
    I determined the perspectives of Middle Eastern mothers concerning U.S. early childhood schools using qualitative methodologies. The ecological perspective model presented by Bronfenbrenner was the ideal framework for investigating the Middle Eastern children's experiences in this study that considered the importance of the sociocultural contexts of children and their families....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    recommended by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) that include being age