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Author:

Ream, Robert Ketner, 1966-

Title:

Uprooting children : mobility, social capital, and Mexican American underachievement / Robert Ketner Ream.

Publisher:

LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Student mobility--United States.
Academic achievement--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
Mexican American students.
Minority students--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index.

Contents:

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 --
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.

Series:

The new Americans

ISBN:

9781593320638 (alk. paper)
1593320639 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56386990

LCCN:

2004019387

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)