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Direct linkBazán, Aldo; Castellanos, Doris; Fajardo, Violeta – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: Students' academic performance can be influenced by several of their contextual and personal factors. In some cases, it is influenced by the educational practices of their family of origin, and by parental support with homework and learning at home. Or in other cases, it is influenced by the characteristics of the students, as well…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Social Support Groups, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Strickland, Martha – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
As the number of immigrant students increases in U.S. classrooms, so have the challenges teachers encounter as they seek to be culturally responsive. Framed by multicultural education and sociocultural theory, this qualitative study explored how 8 fifth-grade, newly arrived immigrant students ("newcomers") from 6 different countries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Grade 5, World Views
Rossi, Ann M. – National Geographic Society (NJ3), 2004
During the 19th and early part of the 20th century, many of those who came to the United States in search of a better life were from Europe. Since the 1960s, most immigrants have arrived from Asia, Mexico and Central America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, and Africa. This book tells the story of these immigrants. What reasons do they have for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, United States History, Immigrants, Reading Comprehension
