Educational Achievement Teaching Strategies, Psychological Factors and Economic Impact

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the teaching strategies, psychological factors and economic impacts of educational achievement. Topics discussed in this compilation include the achievement gap between Hispanic and White students in Middle School; the academic achievement of immigrant adolescents; multicultural education and student attitudes; international comparisons of student achievement; childhood short stature and educational achievement; accountability ratings and beginning elementary school teachers; advanced placement courses and Asian student performance; and parental education and school enrolment in rural India.