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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"African American student achievement"”.
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Teachers' Critical Perceptions on Improving Elementary African American Student Achievement Through Culturally Relevant Teaching in California
… relevant teaching practices in the classroom for African American elementary students (K-6) in California. Voluntary qualitative interviews were conducted with 7 participants who had elementary school working experience.</p> <p>A summary of the findings included the development of the following 3 …
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The Promise of School Choice: Local School Control Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap in the Federal Context of Accountability
… the past five years there is no evidence that African American student standardized test scores on average have increased. This is not concluding that Schools of Choice has a negative effect on African American student achievement, but it is not showing any positive effects that can be related …
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The Stares to Achievement: African American Youth Resist Risk and Rhetoric to Achieve Academic Success
For African American students, academic achievement is often discussed in terms of student deficits and cultural deficiencies. Citing high dropout rates and the achievement gap, focus is often centered on understanding African American achievement in terms of school failures. As such, African …
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Investigating Strategies for Enhancing Achievement of Urban African American Students in Middle School Science Classrooms
… their teaching practices, promote learning and achievement of urban African American middle school students between the ages 10-13 years. Based upon the theoretical frameworks of the theory of third space and culturally-responsive pedagogy, this study targeted the pedagogical practices that …