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The Teachers' Perspectives on Effective Strategies for African American Students Embedded in the GO Math Program
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Sumter, Jeremiah, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Research and history has demonstrated the overwhelming disparity and gap of mathematical achievement between African Americans and their White counterparts. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the achievement gap on a national level is prevalent. The USA jurisdiction has Black 8th grade math students results at 12%…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, African American Students, White Students, Racial Differences
Response to Intervention: Providing Reading Intervention to Low Income and Minority Students
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Graves, Emily; McConnell, Tess – Educational Forum, 2014
With a renewed focus on early intervention, teachers must address the difficulties students are having as early as possible to promote their progress. Culturally and linguistically diverse students may not respond to universal interventions that have shown efficiency for mainstream populations. In order for Response to Intervention to be…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students, Reading Programs
Understanding Latino Children's Heterogeneous Academic Growth Trajectories: Latent Growth Mixture Modeling Approach
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Hong, Sehee; You, Sukkyung – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Addressing the academic needs of a growing student population with culturally and linguistically diverse characteristics is one of the challenges facing educators. This study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to test for differences in patterns of mathematics growth (e.g., high, middle, and low performance groups) in Latino…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods