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Alternative Multidimensional Models Explaining and Improving Academic Achievement in Latino Students
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Gonzalez, Virginia; Soltero, Sonia W. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Our objective is to provide two multidimensional models (i.e., contextual-interaction and Ethnic Educator) including sociopolitical, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociohistorical factors explaining underachievement in Latinos. First, we critically discuss single-factor theories (i.e., deficit, resistance, social reproduction, cultural…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Multilingualism, Item Response Theory, Immigrants