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Benavidez, Samantha; Flores, Sylvia L.; Garza, Jose; Hudson, Gina; Leal, Rebecca Ybarra; Morales, Jessica; Ramos, Abigail; Munoz, Vanessa – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
This paper will include details on knowledge and ambition levels found between Latino-ethnic K-5 students located in a Southern Region of Texas from a college going culture presentation. The purpose is to understand how ambition and knowledge about higher education was influenced among Latino-ethnic K-5 students in impoverished areas. A low-income…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Academic Aspiration
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Lozano, Aliber; Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery – American Secondary Education, 2009
This study assessed the differences in educational aspirations and educational anticipations between four groups (AVID, GEAR UP, AVID/GEAR UP, and Control) of high school seniors who participated in a previous study as 10th graders (Watt, Huerta, & Lozano, 2007). It also measured whether any change in aspirations and anticipations occurred…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Aspiration, Grade 12, High School Seniors
Kettler, Todd; Shiu, Alexandra; Johnsen, Susan K. – Gifted Child Today, 2006
This article focuses on two education-related factors that appear to contribute to the schooling aspirations and self-efficacy of Hispanic youth: (1) sense of belonging at school; and (2) composition of the student's peer group. In particular, middle school students whose home language was Spanish were given an opportunity to participate in the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students, Intervention, Academic Aspiration