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Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
Rong, Xue Lan; Preissle-Goetz, Judith – 1990
An examination of the characteristics of foreign-born White, Hispanic, and Asian high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 21 indicates that English language proficiency, age at immigration, and family language background are all related to the likelihood of dropping out. Statistical data were analyzed for a subsample of 519 foreign-born 16-…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Dropout Research, Dropouts
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Grey, Mark A. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1990
Describes the experience of Asian-American and Hispanic-American immigrant students at Garden City High School. Finds that school policies and programs and a lack of empathy on the part of teachers and majority students tend to marginalize the newcomers. (DM)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, English (Second Language), Ethnic Relations, Field Studies
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Mizokawa, Donald T.; Ryckman, David B. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1990
The responses of 2,511 Asian American students in grades 4 to 11 in Seattle, Washington, to the Survey of Achievement Responsibility revealed distinctions among Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other Southeast Asian students in attributions to effort or ability. Recommends national origin be defined in studies related to Asian…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Asian American Students
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Mau, Rosalind Y. – Urban Review, 1990
As a group, Asian/Pacific Americans (APAs) have more credits in high-level science and mathematics than other ethnic groups, but many APAs do not follow this "model minority" stereotype. Focuses on Asian/Pacific American females who are socialized into traditional roles and are not academically prepared for higher education. (AF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian Americans, College Admission, College Preparation
Waggoner, Dorothy – 1991
This book presents the findings of a study of the demography of high school dropouts using a special analysis model applied to 1980 census results and other published data. The study sought to place findings in the context of the trends in national educational attainment in the second half of the 20th century. Data were categorized and analyzed in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Demography