Language, Gender, and Academic Performance : a Study of the Children of Dominican Immigrants.

Research has found immigrant youth perform better in school compared to their native-born peers. However, academic performance deteriorates with acculturation to US culture, whereas bilingualism has been associated with better performance in school. Peréa examined whether language acculturation cou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perea, Flavia C.
Otros Autores: Pera, Flavia C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Children of immigrants > Education > United States > Case studies.
Children of immigrants > United States > Language > Case studies.
Native language and education > United States > Case studies.
Education, Bilingual > United States > Case studies.
Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > United States > Social conditions.
Enfants d'immigrants > Éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enfants d'immigrants > États-Unis > Langage > Études de cas.
Langue maternelle et éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Différences entre sexes en éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Dominicains (Peuple) > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
EDUCATION > Bilingual Education.
Children of immigrants > Education
Children of immigrants > Language
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > Social conditions
Education, Bilingual
Native language and education
Sex differences in education
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Cynthia García Coll; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Dominican Immigrants in the US and Providence, Rhode Island; CHAPTER 3: What do we know about Children of ImmigrantFamilies?; CHAPTER 4: Guiding Theories; CHAPTER 5: The Nuts and Bolts of this Study; CHAPTER 6: Modeling Language, Gender, and AcademicPerformance; CHAPTER 7: So what does all this Mean?; CHAPTER 8: Closing Thoughts; Notes; Appendix A; References; Index.

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