Research Report Detail
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| Language Factors and Hispanic Freshmen's Student Profiles
Donald A. Rock; Mary K. Enright; Richard P. Duran; | ||
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01/01/1985 This study investigated the role of language factors as potential determinants of Hispanics' educational progress. Hispanic as well as non-Hispanic educators have argued that if we knew more about Hispanics' language background and language skills, we might improve the assessment of their cognitive and academic skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of language background factors to measures of college aptitude as measured by the SAT and other College Board achievement and placement tests. Language background factors that were studied included amount of exposure to both Spanish and English, frequency of use of the two languages, and proficiency in each language. The principal findings of the study indicated that a large number of language questions not found on the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) were more highly related to SAT and TSWE test performance than to the existing SDQ question ¿Is English your best language?¿ |
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