Minority and mainstream children's development and academic achievement : an alternative research and educational view / edited by Virginia Gonzalez.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gonzalez, Virginia
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : University Press Of America, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Students > Social conditions.
Students > Social life and customs.
Success in children.
Physical Description:xxvi, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.