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Another Look at the Achievement Gap: Learning from the Experiences of Gifted Black Students
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Ford, Donna Y.; Grantham, Tarek C.; Whiting, Gilman W. – Urban Education, 2008
Many studies have been conducted on the achievement gap, with most findings pointing to how school and family variables affect Black students' achievement. Another body of work focuses on how social variables (i.e., peers) impact Black students' achievement, including how accusations of "acting White" affect the performance of Black students and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Gifted, Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education
Achievement Levels, Outcomes, and Orientations of Black Students in Single- and Two-Parent Families.
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Ford, Donna Y.; Wright, Lynda Brown; Grantham, Tarek C.; Harris, J. John, III – Urban Education, 1998
A survey of 140 academically diverse African-American students from one- and two-parent homes was used to study their achievement levels, ideologies, perceptions of parental ideologies and achievement, and attitudes toward schools. Differences among one- and two-parent families are examined. (MMU)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Family, Black Students, Family Attitudes
Family Diversity: Perceptions of University Students Relative to Gender and College Major.
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Ford, Donna Y.; And Others – Urban Education, 1996
Findings from a survey of 280 university students indicated that they tended to support the nuclear family as a "family," and feel that families with children represented a "family." Several gender and college major differences were found in attitudes about families, as discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Definitions, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship
The American Achievement Ideology as perceived by Urban African-American Students: Explorations by Gender and Academic Program.
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Ford, Donna Y. – Urban Education, 1992
Studies gender differences in the U.S. achievement ideology for 48 gifted and 100 nongifted African-American fifth and sixth graders (59 males and 89 females) in an urban Ohio school district. Results indicate no differential determinants of underachievement by gender but show significant differences by gifted and nongifted academic programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory, Black Students
Promoting Achievement among Gifted Black Students: The Efficacy of New Definitions and Identification Practices.
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Ford, Donna Y.; Harris, J. John, III – Urban Education, 1994
Addresses the concept of underachievement among gifted black students from several perspectives and describes the extent to which gifted black students support the achievement ideology. Recommendations are made for ensuring that black students become more fully represented in programs for the gifted. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Black Students, Definitions