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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"Hispanic Students"”.
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Case study of Hispanic students' physical education experiences
Abstract Hispanic children and youth have higher rates of obesity and are less physically active than their Caucasian peers. Although there is an evident need to promote physically active lifestyle among this population and school physical education has been identified as one of the venues to do …
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Undocumented Hispanic students and the postsecondary transition: a narrative perspective
<p>Undocumented students transition to college in extremely low numbers due to a high degree of marginalization, inequity in access to higher education, and constitutional confusion regarding federal and state issues of supremacy and inferiority in immigration, tuition, and financial aid policies. …
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Leadership Characteristics of Principals with Successful High Poverty Hispanic Students
… schools have a high population of high poverty Hispanic students. The mixed methods research design was utilized for this study because it provided useful descriptive statistics from the quantitative surveys, while the qualitative interviews provided a means for in-depth exploration of the …
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Academic Achievement Of Hispanic Students In Orange County Public High Schools:do Hispanic Students Have Varying Degrees Of Academic Success Based On The High School They Attend?
… study examined academic achievement levels of Hispanic high school students. Seven high schools in Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida were selected. The schools were selected based on socio-economic status and demographics to provide a wide range of participation. The following …
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College Graduation Rates of Hispanic Students: A Review of the Literature
… literature review examines what factors cause Hispanic college students to drop out before completing their bachelor's degrees. Factors include the type of college attended, financial aid, attending college part-time, enrolling in college later in life, stopping-out, taking a gap year, parents' …
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Perspectives on learning in a continuation high school: Voices of male Hispanic students
<p>The research examines the perspectives of male Hispanic students as to why they were not academically achieving in a selected continuation high school. The study used a qualitative research design by interviewing seven male Hispanic students for the study. The researcher was able to gather …
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Factors that contribute to educational success for Hispanic students in Texas school districts
… that contribute to educational success for Hispanic students in Texas school districts. The study applies and tests a synthesis of social capital and political resource theories to identify the structural determinants that impact positive educational outcomes. Three research questions guided …
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Texas Hispanic students attending Texas community colleges : institutional characteristics influencing enrollment and graduation.
… financial aid awarded (AVGFA), local Hispanic population (LHISPOP), and percentage of Hispanic faculty (PERHFAC) explain the two dependent variable outcomes of Hispanic students enrolling (PERHENR) and graduating (HISPGRPER) from a Texas community college. The population for this …
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Overcoming Language and Cultural Barriers in School: Helping Hispanic Students Acquire Success in Elementary School
<p>Research shows that Hispanic second language students are not as successful as their English-speaking peers in school. The problem is in part due to several factors: curriculum deliverance in a foreign language, cultural differences, and family/school disconnect. Current census reports reveal …
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The Effects of a Therapeutic Play Intervention on Hispanic Students' Reading Achievement, Self-Concept, and Behavior
… to investigate the achievement of second grade Hispanic students from a predominantly low socio-economic school in a large metropolitan city. The thirty Hispanic students with the lowest scores on the Gates MacGinitie Reading Test were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n =15) or the …
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Narrowing Attainment and Achievement Gaps of High School African American and Hispanic Students: Policy Advocacy Document
… the participation of African American, Hispanic, and low-income students in advanced courses to narrow achievement and attainment gaps. Suburban School District adopted these areas in its strategic plan and invested significant resources to address patterns of achievement and course …
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Pre- and Post-matriculation Demographic and Academic Profiles of Undergraduate Hispanic Students: A Single Institution Case Study
… characteristics of undergraduate Hispanic students at the University of North Texas (UNT). The study also examined demographic trends among this population. Eleven purposes guided the study: 1) to determine geographic origins of the undergraduate Hispanic students at UNT in terms …
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The Relationship between Policies, Practices and Institutional Trends in the Awarding Of Doctoral Degrees to Hispanic Students
… to the United States Census Bureau (2005), Hispanics are the youngest and largest minority group in the country. Unfortunately, Hispanics have the largest drop-out rates of any major ethnic group in the US, which will result in fewer Hispanics entering Ph.D. programs (Yosso & Solorzano, …
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ADDRESSING CAREER READINESS: EXPLORING THE CAREER PREPAREDNESS AND CAREER SERVICES UTILIZATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENTS
Career outcomes for African American and Hispanic populations differ significantly from those of their White and Asian peers. Data show that recent college graduates from African American and Hispanic backgrounds earn lower salaries and secure full-time employment at lower rates than White and …
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Mirando Hacia el Futuro: Using Multilevel Growth Models to Examine the Achievement Gap Between White and Hispanic Students
… a steady achievement disparity between White students and students of color. The mathematics achievement gap for the largest growing population, Hispanic students, has not changed when compared to White students over the last few decades (Dillon, 2009; Hemphill, Vanneman, & Rahman, 2011; …
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