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Resiliency and Academic Achievement among Urban High School Students
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Burton, Brett A. – Leadership and Research in Education, 2020
This study investigated Resiliency for Academic Success factors and their possible impact on student achievement among urban high school students, focusing on multiracial students (Trueba, 2002). Educational researchers have investigated reasons for underperformance in academics among students of color. The finding indicates that some students,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Urban Schools, Resilience (Psychology), Barriers
Do "gitano" Students Feel Discriminated against in Their Social and Academic Surroundings? A Survey of Schools in Granada, Spain
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Madrid-Fernández, Daniel; Katz, Susan Roberta – Intercultural Education, 2018
This paper aims to study the perception of 208 students [37 "gitanos" (gypsies), 138 "payos" (non-gypsies), 22 mixed ethnicity ("gitano-payo"), and 8 other ethnicities] in areas and schools with gitano populations in the City and Province of Granada, Spain, considering nine factors related to the segregation,…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Likert Scales, Student Attitudes, Minority Group Students
Race/Ethnicity and Social Capital among Middle- and Upper-Middle-Class Elementary School Families: A Structural Equation Model
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Caldas, Stephen J.; Cornigans, Linda – School Community Journal, 2015
This study used structural equation modeling to conduct a first and second order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of a scale developed by McDonald and Moberg (2002) to measure three dimensions of social capital among a diverse group of middle- and upper-middle-class elementary school parents in suburban New York. A structural path model was…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Social Capital, Path Analysis
Relative/Outsider: The Art and Politics of Identity among Mixed Heritage Students. Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Education: The David C. Anchin Center Series.
Wallace, Kendra R. – 2001
Exploring ethnic and racial identity formation among high school and college students of racially mixed heritage, this book examines the dynamic ethnic and racial lives of a multifaceted and growing segment of students. Data come from surveys with students at a public high school and a private university in the San Francisco, California area.…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student)