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Research Article

The Power of Relationships in the Academic Success of Mexican Descent Students: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research

Research included in study

  • Achinstein, B., Curry, M. W., Ogawa, R. T., & Athanases, S. Z. (2016). Organizing high schools for Latina/o youth success: Boundary crossing to access and build community wealth. Urban Education, 51(7), 824–854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085914550413
  • Cavazos, A. G., & Cavazos, J., Jr. (2010). Understanding the experiences of Latina/o students: A qualitive study for change. American Secondary Education, 38(2), 95–109. https://facstaff.necc.mass.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/understanding_experience_latina_students.pdf
  • Chapin, L. A. (2015). Mexican-American boys’ positive outcomes and resilience: Importance of social support and individual attributes. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(6), 1791–1799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-014-9982-8
  • Chavarria, K. (2017). Developing transformative space for student resistance: Latina/o students’ interruption of subtractive schooling practices. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 11(1), 91–105. https://doi.org/10.24974/amae.11.330
  • Halx, M. D., & Ortiz, M. (2011). Voices of Latino male high school students on their disconnect with education: Perspectives of “drop-outs” and those on the brink. Latino Studies, 9(4), 416–438. https://doi.org/10.1057/lst.2011.49
  • Rodriguez, J. (2011). Somos iguales … pero no tanto: Examining the experience of belonging among undocumented immigrant Latina/o students. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 5(1), 4–13. https://bilingualreview.utsa.edu/index.php/AMAE/article/view/85
  • Salazar, M. C. (2010). Pedagogical stances of high school ESL teachers: Huelgas in high school ESL classrooms. Bilingual Research Journal, 33(1), 111–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235881003733415
  • Salgado, C. D. (2015). Racial lessons: Parental narratives and secondary schooling experiences among second- and third-generation Mexican Americans. Race and Social Problems, 7, 60–72. 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-014-9136-z
  • Sosa, T. (2011). Students’ views on what identifies teachers as effective. Journal of Research in Education, 21(2), 118–132. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1098411.pdf
  • Sosa, T. (2012). Showing up, remaining engaged, and partaking as students: Resilience among students of Mexican descent. Journal of Latinos and Education, 11(1), 32–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2012.631440

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