Schools' Racial Mix, Students' Optimism, and the Black-White and Latino-White Achievement Gaps

By P. A. Goldsmith. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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In Education

1. A. Randolph
2. L. Harrison
3. Bethany Brown
4. William A. Smith
5. R. Bachman
6. Yushan Gu
7. Man Hung
8. Amelia M. Lee

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Randolph
2. L. Harrison
3. Bethany Brown
4. William A. Smith
5. R. Bachman
6. Yushan Gu
7. Man Hung
8. Amelia M. Lee

Citations in the corpus

• Individual and School Structural Effects on African American High School Students' Academic Achievement (2007, background): “…school commitment (Battistich, Solomon, Kim, Watson, & Schaps, 1995), school involvement (Brown & Evans, 2002; McNeal, 1995), school attachment (Crosnoe, Johnson, & Elder, 2004; Johnson, Crosnoe, & Elder, 2001), and school climate (Dupper & Meyer-Adams, 2002; Goldsmith, 2004; Lee & Bryk, 1989).”
• From Opposition to Engagement: Lessons from High Achieving African American Students (2008, background): “Goldsmith (2004) contends that black and Latino students have more positive attitudes toward school when they are in segregated schools with teachers of the same race.”
• Predicting Perceptions of Fear at School and Going to and From School for African American and White Students: The Effects of School Security Measures (2011, background): “There is a great deal of research documenting both the positive and negative effects of school segregation (Goldsmith, 2004).”
• Exploring Student Achievement Gaps in School Districts Across the United States (2020, background): “Achievement gaps have been found between male and female students, among different socioeconomic groups, among racial categories, and along parental education attainment lines (Goldsmith, 2004; J. Lee, 2008; Orfield, Frankenberg, & Lee, 2003).”
• Understanding Students' Motivation in Sport and Physical Education: From the Expectancy-Value Model and Self-Efficacy Theory Perspectives (2008, result): “Generally speaking, particular sports such as football, basketball, and track sprinting are regarded as more appropriate for African Americans, whereas sports such as golf and hockey are deemed more appropriate for Whites (Harrison & Belcher, 2006).”