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03407cam a22004214a 4500 001 59DD0CEE2B0911DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150520012456 008 040817s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2004019387 020 $a 9781593320638 (alk. paper) 020 $a 1593320639 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)56386990 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d GC0 $d YDXCP $d STF $d OCLCQ $d IOJ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LB3064.2 $b .R4 2005 082 00 $a 371.2/91 $2 22 100 1 $a Ream, Robert Ketner, $d 1966- 245 1 $a Uprooting children : $b mobility, social capital, and Mexican American underachievement / $c Robert Ketner Ream. 260 $a New York : $b LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, $c 2005. 300 $a xii, 252 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a The new Americans 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. Changing demographics in the United States -- Nature and extent of the achievement gap -- Explaining Mexican American underachievement -- Where traditional explanations fall short -- Society's interest in eliminating the achievement gap -- The current study -- Overview -- The achievement gap, social capital and mobility : an overview. Theories employed to investigate the achievement gap -- Where traditional explanations fall short -- Social capital -- Mobility -- Mixed methods research design. The current study -- Research design, data collection and interpretation -- Test score performance and rates of mobility by socioeconomic and nativity status. The twelfth grade test score gap -- The incidence of mobility -- The causes of student mobility -- 505 0 $a Group level differences in the availability of social capital by socioeconomic and nativity status. Family social capital -- Family social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Peer social capital -- Peer social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Community social capital -- Community social capital by SES and immigrant status -- School social capital -- School social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Informal social networks and the mobility/social capital dynamic. The dynamic within families -- The dynamic among peers -- Formal social networks : the mobility/social capital dynamic and the "downside" of social capital. The dynamic within the community -- The school social capital dynamic -- Summary of findings and recommendations. Appendix A. NELS:88 variables considered in the development of composite and latent measures of social capital -- Appendix B. Variable descriptions, means, standard deviations and mean comparisons in the sample -- Appendix C. Interview protocols -- Appendix D. Logistical information -- Appendix E. Parent/student permission forms. 650 0 $a Student mobility $z United States. 650 0 $a Academic achievement $z United States. 650 0 $a Social capital (Sociology) $z United States. 650 0 $a Mexican American students. 650 0 $a Minority students $z United States. 830 0 $a New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004019387.html 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180112035901.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823025054.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59DD0CEE2B0911DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOJInitiate Another SILO Locator Search