Effects of Cultural and Social Structural Factors on the Achievement of White and Chinese American Students at School Transition Points

Autor/in	Pearce, Richard R.
Titel	Effects of Cultural and Social Structural Factors on the Achievement of White and Chinese American Students at School Transition Points
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 43 (2006) 1, S.75-101 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
Schlagwörter	Minority Groups; Cultural Influences; Chinese Americans; Academic Achievement; White Students; Regression (Statistics); Social Structure; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Models; Higher Education; Parent Participation; Family Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Schulleistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Sozialstruktur; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Analogiemodell; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Elternmitwirkung; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Chinese Americans' high levels of educational achievement have earned them attention as a "model minority" to be emulated by underachieving and underrepresented minority groups. However, the model minority analogy does not adequately explain how this achievement is realized, nor how such information can be used to help other groups close the achievement gap. The ability of both White and Chinese American students to weather school transitions and to remain on track for high achievement and attainment can be explained by both social structural and cultural factors. When the effects of social structural factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, family composition, and parent education level are controlled, the relative importance of cultural factors such as parental expectations and involvement becomes clear. (Contains 1 figure, 9 tables, and 4 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10