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Ethnic identity and motivation : socio-cultural factors in the educational achievement of Vietnamese American students / Lynne Tsuboi Saito.
Van Pelt Library LC3501.V53 S35 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saito, Lynne Tsuboi.
- Series:
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- The new Americans
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnamese Americans--Education.
- Vietnamese Americans.
- Vietnamese American children--Cultural assimilation.
- Vietnamese American children.
- Children of immigrants--Education--United States.
- Children of immigrants.
- Children of immigrants--Education.
- Assimilation (Sociology).
- United States.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 173 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Achievement Challenge
- Problem Statement 1
- Study Hypotheses 7
- Importance of the Study 10
- Research Questions 11
- Chapter 2 Research and Theories
- Educational Outcome 14
- Assimilation 20
- Motivation, Learning, and Performance 27
- Vietnam 34
- Socio-Cultural Model of Achievement 41
- Chapter 3 Methodology
- Study Design 45
- Participants 46
- Instrumentation 47
- Interviews 49
- Measures: Dependent Variables of Achievement 50
- Measures: Proximal Motivation Variables 51
- Measures: Independent Variables 55
- Statistical Analyses 60
- Chapter 4 Findings of the Study
- Academic Achievement 63
- Family Background 68
- The Family and Association with Achievement 77
- Student: Background, Activities, and Achievement 82
- Ethnic Identification and Cultural Values and Beliefs 91
- Motivation Factors in Academic Achievement 104
- Summary of Achievement Predictors 119
- Research Questions 129
- Socio-Cultural Factors and Achievement 130
- Ethnic Identification and Related Values and Beliefs 140
- Goal Orientation and Motivational Factors in Relation to Achievement 144
- Limitations of the Study 146
- Implications for Education 148
- Future Directions 150.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1931202265
- OCLC:
- 49285711
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