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Ethnic Stratification in the Spanish Education System
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Alberto Álvarez-Sotomayor; David Gutiérrez-Rubio – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
The general academic disadvantage faced by children of immigrants is already a well-documented regularity in Spain. However, there is no reliable knowledge on how academic achievement is ethnically stratified and more research is needed to understand the determinants behind these achievement gaps. This study aims to further knowledge of both…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Immigrants, Diagnostic Tests, Low Income Students
Child, Family, and Early Intervention Characteristics Related to Family Quality of Life in Spain
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García-Grau, Pau; McWilliam, R. A.; Martínez-Rico, Gabriel; Morales-Murillo, Catalina P. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2019
Family quality of life (FQoL) is considered one of the aims of early intervention (EI) services and a good indicator of service quality. Families were recruited from EI centers in 12 of 17 communities (states) in Spain. This study describes the FQoL of 250 Spanish families with children aged 0 to 6 years in EI services during a family-centered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Family Environment, Early Intervention
Quality of Family Context or Sibling Status? Influences on Cognitive Development
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Freijo, Enrique B. Arranz; Oliva, Alfredo; Olabarrieta, Fernando; Martin, Juan Luis; Manzano, Ainhoa; Richards, Martin P. M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
This study analyzes the influence of socioeconomic status, quality of family context and sibling status on cognitive development in a sample of 551 five-year-old children. The regression analyses confirmed the predictive value of socioeconomic status and quality of family context on cognitive development. The quality of family context mediates the…
Descriptors: Siblings, Socioeconomic Status, Cognitive Development, Family Environment
A Longitudinal Study of Academic Achievement in Spanish: The Effect of Linguistic Models
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Santiago, K.; Lukas, J. F.; Joaristi, L.; Lizasoain, L.; Moyano, N. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
This paper reports an evaluation carried out from 1999 to 2003 in 55 schools in the Basque Autonomous Community involving more than 10,000 secondary school students. The variables measured include achievement in Spanish, metacognitive skills, learning strategies and variables related to the students' family environment. The measurements were made…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Metacognition