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Author:
Per©♭a, Flavia C.
Title:
Language, gender, and academic performance : a study of the children of Dominican immigrants / Flavia C. Per©♭a.
Publisher:
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xviii, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Children of immigrants--Education--United States--Case studies.
Children of immigrants--United States--Language--Case studies.
Native language and education--United States--Case studies.
Education, Bilingual--United States--Case studies.
Sex differences in education--United States--Case studies.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)--United States--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-146) and index.
Contents:
Dominican immigrants in the US and Providence, Rhode Island -- What do we know about children of immigrant families? -- Guiding theories -- The nuts and bolts of this study -- Modeling language and academic performance -- So what does all this mean -- Closing thoughts.
Series:
The new Americans : recent immigration and American society
ISBN:
1593323905 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781593323905 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)698333042
LCCN:
2011002364
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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