ERIC Number: EJ968300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Understanding Latino Children's Heterogeneous Academic Growth Trajectories: Latent Growth Mixture Modeling Approach
Hong, Sehee; You, Sukkyung
Journal of Educational Research, v105 n4 p235-244 2012
Addressing the academic needs of a growing student population with culturally and linguistically diverse characteristics is one of the challenges facing educators. This study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to test for differences in patterns of mathematics growth (e.g., high, middle, and low performance groups) in Latino children. Analysis through the latent growth mixture method yielded 4 distinct mathematics development profiles. Examinations into positive or negative factors related to successful mathematics achievement were also conducted. Results indicate that students in the highest performing group were associated with education programs in which language of instruction and home language were English. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Socioeconomic Status, Hispanic Americans, Children, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Proficiency, Language Minorities, Achievement Gap, Item Response Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey; National Assessment of Educational Progress
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