Language, gender, and academic performance
Subtitle: a study of the children of Dominican immigrants
By: Flavia C. Peréa
Series: The new Americans : recent immigration and American society; New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: El Paso [Tex.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781593323905
Subjects: Native language and education; Language; Children of immigrants; Dominicans (Dominican Republic); Sex differences in education; Case studies; Bilingual Education; Social conditions; Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-146) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dominican immigrants in the US and Providence, Rhode Island; title: What do we know about children of immigrant families?; title: Guiding theories; title: The nuts and bolts of this study; title: Modeling language and academic performance; title: So what does all this mean; title: Closing thoughts.