Date of Award
6-1987
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
First Advisor
Dr. Edgar A. Kelley
Second Advisor
Dr. Charles Warfield
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to review and synthesize findings of research studies about academic achievement of ethnic minorities in K-12 education.
In this paper, the literature in Chapter I is related to findings about children as a result of school desegregation. Specifically it focuses on the effects which desegregation has had on motivation, and social-psychologic development of black and white children.
The second chapter begins with a historical background and discusses the life of economic and political oppression and the attitudes toward education that have shaped black school achievement over time.
In Chapter III, race and academic performance studies over several decades are presented.
The information presented in Chapter IV reviews the research on the effects that desegregation has had on minority students.
In Chapter V, a summary and evaluation concerning the findings of research studies about academic achievement of ethnic minorities is presented.
Recommended Citation
Wheeler, Harold C., "A Report of a Review and Synthesis of Findings of Research Studies about Academic Achievement of Ethnic Minorities in K-12 Education" (1987). Masters Theses. 1280.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1280