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Ponjuan, Luis; Palomin, Leticia – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Community colleges located along the Texas-México border provide an initial gateway for many of its local Latino students. Scholars highlight that Latino male students, compared to their female peers are less likely to complete a community college degree. We utilized Rendón's Theory of Validation and Borderlands theories to examine the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Males
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Morgan, Bobbette M.; Alcocer, Luis F. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
One hundred and sixteen doctoral students and graduates of a doctoral program in education (N=116) on the Mexico border were asked to complete a survey developed by the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). Forty seven percent of those surveyed responded (n=50). According to the CID developers, Walker, Golde, Jones, Bueschel and Hutchings,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Doctoral Students, College Graduates, Student Surveys
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Pimentel, Octavio – English in Texas, 2014
This article examines racist discourses and how they operate within writing centers. The data presented emerged from qualitative interviews that were conducted with two participants. In theorizing the data gathered from Mexican American students about their writing center experiences, the author applies a Critical Race Theory (CRT) and LatCrit…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Laboratories, Writing (Composition), Racial Discrimination
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Hall, Reginal R. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore factors that may contribute to the persistence and graduation rates of African American and Hispanic undergraduate males enrolled at regional fouryear public universities in Texas. African American and Hispanic males have lower graduation rates in both secondary and post-secondary education than their White…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Males, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Walker, Karen E. – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2015
Research concerning preschool teachers' constructions of early reading has potential to influence teachers' curricular decisions and classroom practice. Six preschool teachers in North Texas were interviewed in regard to what they think about early reading and how they develop these understandings or constructions. The systematic, inductive…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Reading, Teaching Methods, Interviews
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Sáenz, Victor B.; Mayo, Jeff R.; Miller, Ryan A.; Rodriguez, Sarah L. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
This study uses a phenomenological approach to examine how Latino male students at community colleges engage with their male peers. The analysis utilizes a male gender role conflict (MGRC) framework and employs cultural conceptions of masculinity, specifically machismo and caballerismo. Practitioners and researchers might leverage positive aspects…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Peer Relationship, Community Colleges, Males
Cannata, Marisa – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, 2013
Research on school reform and implementation has found that past efforts to scale up interventions in schools often results in little change in the core work of teaching and learning (Elmore, 1996). That is, there are often few changes in the work students do with teachers. Thus it is important for researchers and school reformers to know how…
Descriptors: Student Experience, High School Students, Value Added Models, School Effectiveness
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Adair, Jennifer Keys; Colegrove, Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki; McManus, Molly E. – Harvard Educational Review, 2017
Early childhood education in grades preK-3 continues to contribute to future school success. Discrimination, however, can still be an obstacle for many children of Latinx immigrants because they often receive less sophisticated and dynamic learning experiences than their white, native-born peers. In this article, Jennifer Keys Adair, Kiyomi…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Immigrants, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
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Zarestky, Jill; Ruyle, Leslie E. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
In northern Botswana, conflict between subsistence farmers and elephants can result in destroyed agricultural crops and death for both species. In June of 2016, students and faculty mentors from four universities traveled to the Okavango Delta region of Botswana to participate in a community education project designed to develop locally relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Education, Animals, Agricultural Occupations
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Toomey, Russell B.; Storlie, Cassandra A. – Journal of School Violence, 2016
School counselors help foster student's academic, social, and career development; yet, school counselors are often neglected in research on school climate and student safety. Framed by the theory of planned behavior, this study examined how 206 school counselors' multicultural counseling competence, multicultural self-efficacy, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Intervention, Hispanic American Students, Self Efficacy
Bohensky, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This qualitative, phenomenological study investigated the perspectives of successful Limited English Proficient (LEP) students along with their parents and teachers. Narrative inquiry was used to collect data and template analysis was used to triangulate trends. A purposeful snowball sample of six 4 th grade students that have been identified as…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Experience, Phenomenology, Limited English Speaking
Minor, Jacquelyn Ileen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Low retention rates for students enrolled in online developmental reading courses prompted instructors at 1 large Texas community college to examine their online classrooms for elements that were creating psychological distance and disconnectedness for their students. The purpose of this action research study was to assess the efficacy of using a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Reading, Reading Instruction, Online Courses
Zepeda-Capistran, Alfonso – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to improve the understanding of the lived educational experience of migrant high school students in order to improve migrant educational services. Several decades of educational research have identified sets of practices or correlates that increase learning for all students. This study examined the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Migrant Education, High School Students, Student Needs
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Lockett, Landry; Moore, Lori; Wingenbach, Gary – Journal of Extension, 2014
Globalization and diversifying communities in the United States mandate internationally minded Extension professionals and programming. The knowledge necessary for successfully working in international agricultural and Extension education is vast and takes time to acquire. A catalyst for this learning process is participation in university- or…
Descriptors: World Views, Global Education, Extension Agents, Case Studies
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Rosenblum, L. Penny; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: Data were collected from youths with visual impairment about their experiences with tactile graphics and braille materials used in mathematics and science classes. Methods: Youths answered questions and explored four tactile graphics made using different production methods. They located specific information on each graphic and shared…
Descriptors: Youth, Secondary School Students, Visual Impairments, Braille
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