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Levy, Sara A. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Using a multiple case study design, I examine how public high school students (n = 17) make sense of narratives about defining events with which they have specific heritage connections. Focusing on 3 groups of students (Hmong, Chinese, and Jewish) studying 3 heritage events (respectively, the Vietnam War, Modern China, and the Holocaust), this…
Descriptors: High School Students, Case Studies, Cultural Background, Asian History
Li, Xiaolan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Asian Americans have been recognized as the "model minority" in the United States since the 1960s. Students from Asian countries are winning in international competitions, especially in science and mathematics. Modern Western scholars working within the constructivist learning theory advocate malleable intelligence and effort, which…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Asian Culture, High School Students, Physical Sciences
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Yeh, Christine J.; Ching, Alison M.; Okubo, Yuki; Luthar, Suniya S. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2007
The development and evaluation of a peer mentoring program for Chinese immigrant adolescents' cultural adjustment is described. Twenty-three high school students who recently immigrated from Mainland China participated in the year-long program and 4 high school students served as their peer mentors. Data analyses revealed that the students who…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, High School Students