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Chavira, Gabriela; Cooper, Catherine R.; Vasquez-Salgado, Yolanda – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2016
Drawing on sociocultural and related theories, 4 questions examined career and educational aspirations and expectations among 24 immigrant Latina/o early adolescents and their parents as predictors of students' grades. First, adolescents' career aspirations and expectations were correlated, and both parents and adolescents held educational…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Academic Aspiration, Parent Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration
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McElvain, Cheryl Marie – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2015
This study examines the academic and psychosocial effects of the Bridge Project after-school program on 25 prekindergarten through 6th-grade English language learner Mexican immigrant children and their families living in an affordable housing complex in the San Francisco Bay Area. The results of the study show that the program increased the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Motivation, Language Tests