Ten Hispanic university students enrolled in higher education courses were interviewed and considered successful despite the lack of support they received in learning English during their primary and secondary education. Analysis of the questionnaires and personal interviews reveal four major types of mentors who supported and motivated them to succeed throughout their post-high school education: family mentor, advisor mentor, self-mentor, and peer mentor.Resumen: Se entrevistaron diez estudiantes universitarios hispanos exitosos que tomaban clases de educación superior y que durante su educación primaria y secundaria no habían recibido apoyo para aprender inglés. El análisis de cuestionarios y entrevistas personales revelan cuatro tipos de tutoría que los apoyaron y motivaron a tener éxito a través de su educación universitaria: tutor familiar, tutor consejero, tutor propio, y tutor compañero.
The Children's Math Worlds project seeks to integrate students' social, emotional, and cultural experiences into classroom mathematics. For seven years, we have been developing in classrooms a conceptually challenging researchbased mathematics curriculum called Children's Math Worlds (CMW) for kindergarten through grade 3. We build on the individual experiences, interests, and practical mathematics knowledge that diverse children bring to our classrooms. Our collaborative research project has been, and is being, carried out in urban schools of underrepresented minorities, mostly Latino English-speaking and Latino Spanish-speaking children, and in English-speaking upper-middle-class schools to ensure that our work crosses socioeconomic boundaries. The CMW family component was described in De La Cruz (1999). See that article for data concerning the excellent comparative performance of CMW children.
Señor Lopez walked up to the project director after the last mathematics class and said, “De todos los años que he tenido hijos en estas escuelas, esta es la primera vez que me han tratado con tanta dignidad” (In all the years I have had children attend these schools, this is the first time that I have been treated with so much dignity).
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