Literacy Through a Cultural Lens: Improving Hispanic Student Engagement and Achievement
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Title
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Literacy Through a Cultural Lens: Improving Hispanic Student Engagement and Achievement
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Creator
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Neil Zimmerly
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Degree Name
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Master of Science in Education: Literacy Education
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Project Type
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Professional Project
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Date
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6/15/2025
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Abstract
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Hispanic and Latino student academic achievement has been historically lower than other demographic groups for a few reasons, like familial economic situations, school funding, and curricula that do not support student learning. This project examines how using critical texts and research-based teaching strategies helps Hispanic and Latino students improve their literacy skills and enhance their connection to school materials. To accomplish this, a lesson was created from scratch that implemented texts that were more representative of student backgrounds and teaching strategies focused on student collaboration. Lessons that were created for this project were compared to instructional strategies that are supported by research studies, in addition to general student feedback. The results of this project confirm much of the research that has been done into this topic because the observed feedback from students affirmed that lessons designed with critical texts were more engaging than the alternative.
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Keywords
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Critical
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Literacy
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Hispanic
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Committee Member
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Kenneth Carano
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Annie Delbridge
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Marcus Wenzel
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Rights
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Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/20/2025, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author.
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https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
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License
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CC-BY (attribution)
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Language
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eng
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Type
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Text
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Identifier
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NeilZimmerly_PP_2025
NeilZimmerly_PP_2025.pdf