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Langenkamp, Amy G.; Shifrer, Dara – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2018
In an era of heightened educational expectations, it can be difficult to discern why would-be first-generation college-going adolescents are less likely to enroll in college than non-first generation adolescents. This article draws from cultural sociology to interpret differences in the way that adolescents socially construct the transition into…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Class, Focus Groups, Academic Aspiration
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Montemayor, David; Kupczynski, Lori; Mundy, Marie-Anne – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2015
Hispanic immigrant students face several challenges to academic success. The purpose of this sequential explanatory research was to identify academic differences that existed between first and second generation Hispanic immigrant students on the 10th grade Geometry End of Course scores in a public, rural high school in south Texas and to focus on…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Achievement, Generational Differences, Social Networks