Title: Minority and mainstream children's development and academic achievement : an alternative research and educational view /
Authors: Gonzalez, Virginia; González, Virginia, 1962-
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Students Social conditions; Prediction of scholastic success.; Educational sociology.
Abstract: "Presently, school populations represent a culturally and linguistically diverse student body. Students are put at risk of failure in the school environment due to overlooked developmental factors and external socio-historical factors. Due to this shift in diversification, non-traditional educational needs must be recognized. This work offers a comparative and alternative framework for students and faculty to address this contemporary challenge. It presents a unique, state-of-the-art, ecological, and multidimensional view of the differential effect of socio-cultural and socioeconomic factors on the development of both minority and majority students. The database studies illustrate methodological advances in the field of ethnic research and provide solutions for traditional methodological problems."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: A multidimensional perspective of minority and mainstream children's development and academic achievement / Virginia Gonzalez -- Socio-cultural factors in the family and school systems mediating minority children's development and academic achievement /Chih-Sheng Chen, Thomas D. Yawkey -- Cultural and linguistic giftedness in Hispanic kindergartners : analyzing the validity of alternative and standardized assessments / Virginia Gonzalez, Patricia Bauerle, Ellen Riojas-Clark -- Relationship of family structure factors to gifted, Hispanic, poor children's cognitive and linguistic development / Virginia Gonzalez -- Parents' perceptions and home environmental factors influencing potential giftedness in monolingual low and high socioeconomic status (SES) preschoolers / Nina Williams, Virginia Gonzalez -- Developmentally adequate assessment practices when screening classroom performance in kindergartners / Susan C. Leadem, Virginia Gonzalez -- Academic resilience in young children : understanding the relationship between temperament and quality of the parent-child relationship / Ellen Demas, Virginia Gonzalez -- Conclusions : patterns and theoretical and educationally applied implications / Virginia Gonzalez.