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A Study of the Attitudes towards Education Held by Mexican American Migrant Students, Spanish-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students, and English-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades

Balditt, Juan M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066608067

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1979, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Educational Administration and Supervision.
Mexican Americans have had a history of low educational attainment. Research studies indicate that this group possesses a positive attitude towards education while they have a less positive attitude towards the school environment. Researchers in their attempts to study this group treat Mexican Americans as completely homogeneous. The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes towards education among the Mexican American Migrants, Non-Migrant Mexican Americans who were Spanish-Speaking and Non-Migrant Mexican Americans who were English-Speaking in grades four through six. The study attempted to determine attitude differences among these groups by grade, sex and by sub-group. The Mexican American Migrant students were drawn from the 1977 Summer Migrant School Program sponsored by the State of Ohio. The Non-Migrant Spanish-Speaking Mexican American students were drawn from a predominantly Mexican American school in the State of Texas. The Non-Migrant English-Speaking Mexican American students were drawn from two schools in Northwest Ohio. The students' school districts were chosen at random within each target group. The students were asked to respond to McCallon's School Attitude Test, whose latest reliability coefficient obtained was .78. The data was analyzed via a factorial analysis of variance to determine significant differences among the three sub-populations in regard to their attitudes dealing with (1) Interpersonal Relations, (2) Student-Instruction Interaction, (3) General School Factor, and (4) Total Response to the School Environment. Significant differences were noted when the groups were compared by grade, sex and group. The study concluded that Mexican American elementary students have a positive attitude towards both education and the school.
Morris J. Weinberger (Advisor)
Education; Middle School Education

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  • Balditt, J. M. (1979). A Study of the Attitudes towards Education Held by Mexican American Migrant Students, Spanish-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students, and English-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066608067

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Balditt, Juan. A Study of the Attitudes towards Education Held by Mexican American Migrant Students, Spanish-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students, and English-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades. 1979. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066608067.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Balditt, Juan. "A Study of the Attitudes towards Education Held by Mexican American Migrant Students, Spanish-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students, and English-Speaking Mexican American Non-Migrant Students of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1979. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066608067

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