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Syed, Moin; Goza, Barbara K.; Chemers, Martin M.; Zurbriggen, Eileen L. – Child Development, 2012
This short-term longitudinal study examined (a) adolescents' contact with mentors who share their background in relation to the importance they place on having such mentors, and (b) the associations of these perceptions with self-efficacy, identity, and commitment to a science career. Participants were 265 ethnically diverse adolescents (M age =…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Mentors, Self Efficacy, Adolescents
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Vaquera, Elizabeth; Kao, Grace – Child Development, 2012
This study explores the educational achievement of immigrant youth in Spain employing data from 3 waves of the Longitudinal Study of Families and Childhood (Panel de Families i Infancia), a representative sample of children in Catalonia first interviewed at ages 13-16 in 2006 (N = 2,710). Results suggest consistent disadvantage in achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Outcomes of Education, Immigrants