Perceptions of Educational Barriers Affecting the Academic Achievement of Latino K-12 Students.
This study examined different factors affecting the perceptions of bamers in academic achievement of Latino K-12 students. The study used data from 1,508 participants who identified themselves as being of Hispanic or Latino heritage in the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Education, compiled by the...
| Publicado en: | Children & Schools Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 167 - 178 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2012
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