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Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Creator:: Weatherspoon, Joni
Abstract:: Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children who were enrolled in a primary prevention home visitation program targeting first birth families. In the first study, more and less acculturated high-risk Hispanic families were compared to high-risk non-Hispanic White families on differences in demographic characteristics, risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: American children scored substantially and significantly lower than non-Hispanic White children on tests

Colegio Cesar Chavez General Catalog

Creator:: Colegio Cesar Chavez (Mount Angel, Or.)
Abstract:: NWDA Finding Aid : http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv46531
Resource Type:: Book

Even Start Family Literacy Program : similarities and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants

Creator:: Pamulapati, Sireesha
Abstract:: This study used a mixed method approach (quantitative and qualitative) to examine the commonalities and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Using a life course perspective, this study examined the educational background and life history of Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants, their reasons and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -Hispanic parents. Achieving self-sufficiency involved acculturation to the American society for Hispanic

The experiences of Latino immigrant students in an Oregon high school : identity, language, and interethnic relationships

Creator:: Hayden, Alyssa
Abstract:: For much of history, U.S. schools have employed ideologies of assimilation and nationhood - involving an exchange of immigrants' ways of life for a homogenous American identity - as frameworks for their curriculum and language education programs. However, a new ideology of multiculturalism has gained popularity in recent decades. Multicultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). Latino children are enrolling in Oregon k-12 schools at greater rates as well; 21% of students enrolled

Dietary acculturation among Oregon Latinos : factors affecting food choice

Creator:: Vanegas, Sarah Marie
Abstract:: This study sought to examine food choice motives and influences among Oregon Latinos to gain a greater understanding of their dietary acculturation. Previous studies relying principally on quantitative methods to assess the relationship between acculturation and diet have reported inconsistent results, though a general decline in diet quality is reported...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: than the children and the children are consuming mainstream American foods at a higher frequency than

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Creator:: Diaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: The transition to kindergarten can be challenging for many children who do not have the necessary skills to meet the demands of classroom settings such as paying attention, remembering instructions, and demonstrating self-control. Children who lack the necessary behavioral regulation skills to meet the demands in the classroom environment are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hispanic Center (2011), 37.6% of Latino/a children under the age of 5 lived in poverty in 2010. Previous

Motivation and engagement in school among immigrant Latino middle school students

Creator:: Knudson-Martin, John
Abstract:: This study investigated how a minority population of Latino/a immigrant children attending a middle school in the Pacific Northwest made sense of engaging with school and school mathematics. A cross disciplinary theoretical framework was used to examine how individual student motivation is impacted by the social context in which the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: successful teachers of African American children (Ladson- Billings, 1994) brought a sociocultural context to

Culturally appropriate supermarket nutrition education for Mexican-American families

Creator:: Saldana, Tina Marie
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hispanic population and was held in Hood River, Oregon. Three workshops were presented to a total of 37

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Creator:: Díaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ), and a large statewide assessment in Oregon (the Oregon Kindergarten Assessments; study 2). The

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

Creator:: Meza Discua, José Luis
Abstract:: Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges across Oregon. The Pew Hispanic

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Colegio Cesar Chavez General Catalog

Even Start Family Literacy Program : similarities and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants

The experiences of Latino immigrant students in an Oregon high school : identity, language, and interethnic relationships

Dietary acculturation among Oregon Latinos : factors affecting food choice

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Motivation and engagement in school among immigrant Latino middle school students

Culturally appropriate supermarket nutrition education for Mexican-American families

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

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