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Language, gender, and academic performance : a study of the children of Dominican immigrants by Flavia C. Perea is a education title available to read on EtoBox.
What is Language, gender, and academic performance : a study of the children of Dominican immigrants about?
This book implores schools to encourage bilingual education as a means of promoting academic success to second language learners, particularly Latinos. Perea (public health and community medicine, Tufts U.) studied Dominican children of immigrants and tests showed that children who preferred Spanish and English equally performed academically better than those who preferred English only. She takes the reader through the guiding theories, gives an account of the children's family background and in
Who reads Language, gender, and academic performance : a study of the children of Dominican immigrants?
It is typically read by teachers and faculty preparing courses and curriculum.
Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.
- Author
- Flavia C. Perea
- Publisher
- LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781593323905
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Sociology, Science, Education
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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