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The effects of an immersion bilingual mathematics institute on the achievement of seventh grade Mexican-American students

Creator:: Ebert, C. Steven
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which an Immersion Bilingual Mathematics Institute (IBMI) can affect the mathematics achievement of entering seventh grade students of Mexican-American heritage. Mathematics achievement was defined as mathematics skills measured by the Mathematics Computation and Mathematics Concepts and Applications tests of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: bilingual education programs cannot provide the kinds of skills necessary for Mexican-American children to

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
Full Text:: achievement of adolescent children from Mexican and East Asian immigrant families (n = 282 and n = 234

Culturally appropriate supermarket nutrition education for Mexican-American families

Creator:: Saldana, Tina Marie
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Culturally Appropriate Supermarket Nutrition Education For Mexican- American Families. Abstract approved

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

An Oregonian Jarabe : Danza Folklórica and Mexicana Mothers

Creator:: Olvera, Monica L.
Abstract:: Acculturative stress can be associated with increased conflicts between Latino parents and adolescent youth, and have negative effects on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices. Yet, the potentially deleterious effects of acculturative stress on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices may be mitigated through positive acculturative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mexicana and Mexican American mothers give to their children’s participation in the culturally affirming

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Risk to Resiliency: Academic Persistence in Mexican- American High School English as a Second Language

A survey of physical education teachers' attitudes and knowledge about working with Mexican Americans

Creator:: Tabb, James Kirk
Abstract:: Attitude and knowledge levels of physical education teachers about working with Mexican American students and families were measured using Doyle and Chng's (1994) Mexican American Attitude and Knowledge Scale (MAAKS). Multicultural training, adapted physical education training, and other relative experiences that might affect attitude and knowledge levels were analyzed. Participants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes and Knowledge About Working with Mexican Americans

The state of our children : the state of African American children in Multnomah and Washington Counties : a preliminary report

Creator:: Center For Community Research (Portland, Or.) and Gillespie, Karry
Resource Type:: Book

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

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:: ; Wanless, McClelland, Tominey & Acock, 2011). For example, children whose parents have lower education

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The effects of an immersion bilingual mathematics institute on the achievement of seventh grade Mexican-American students

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

Culturally appropriate supermarket nutrition education for Mexican-American families

Colegio Cesar Chavez General Catalog

An Oregonian Jarabe : Danza Folklórica and Mexicana Mothers

From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

A survey of physical education teachers' attitudes and knowledge about working with Mexican Americans

The state of our children : the state of African American children in Multnomah and Washington Counties : a preliminary report

Motivation and engagement in school among immigrant Latino middle school students

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

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