The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part VII

Gilliam, Gerla, and Wright (2004) also searched out strategies to help Hispanic students succeed in school. They recognized the importance of a parent’s involvement on a student’s literacy development. They…

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The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part VI

Barone (2003) conducted a multi-case study in order to find out what teaching methods were most effective for low income students in a school with a majority of English Language…

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The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part V

Gunn, Smolkowski, Biglan, Black, and Blair, (2005) studied the effects of supplemental reading instruction on struggling Hispanic and non Hispanic readers over a period of four years. Subjects were chosen…

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The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part IV

In a multiple regression analysis, it was shown that three of the CFE subtests (initial, ending, and rhyming sounds) “accounted for 25% of the variance in reading fluency in Spanish…

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The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part III

There are a large number of Hispanic students in schools today that are learning English, with Spanish as their native language. Some school districts have Bilingual education programs, as did…

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The Effect of Tracking and Stereotyping by Teachers – Part II

Wiencek, Cipielewski, Vazzano, and Sturken, (1998) investigated the literacy activities and teaching methods that prepared low income students for success in first grade. A morning and an afternoon group of…

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Integrative, Critical Review of the Literature

Introduction Schooling has historically not considered the possible educative value of including native culture and languages and has instead emphasized integration into the mainstream, with the result that many cultural…

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History of the Production and Use of Multicultural Literature

The majority of the literature used to teach reading has reflected predominantly Anglo Saxon Protestant characters and values. Often, when a minority is portrayed, they are a secondary character, they…

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Education of Students of Minority Religions

During the nineteenth century, the Irish Catholics were despised by the Protestant majority for many reasons, including religion and job issues. They were treated hostilely in the schools, were required…

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Mass Media Essays: Ideas for Writing

They "appeal to the individual in the totality of its social roles as a citizen, and family man, representative of society in General and the residents of a particular area.…

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