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    1. Improving parental involvement and reading achievement of Caribbean immigrant adolescents through differentiated instruction

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Robert,Joshua (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    Florida: Nova Southeastern University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Notes:
    96 p., The purpose of this applied dissertation study was to determine the relative impact of parental involvement, parental school perception, student generation status, and Caribbean adolescents' own attitudes and behavior towards academic achievement and reading comprehension skills. For this study, 45 Caribbean parents from Grenadian, Guyanese, Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian backgrounds reported in survey form on their involvement, volunteerism, school perception, student behavior and educational achievements of students at the school of study. Students' course grades were obtained from their official school records and were broken down by generational status.

    2. Samuel Peter Francis an inspired achiever

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Nelson,Barbara (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Aug 16-Aug 22, 2007
    Published:
    Jamaica, NY
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Weekly Gleaner
    Journal Title Details:
    p. 10
    Notes:
    Now, after coming to Howard as a freshman and Capstone scholar in 2005, he is not only playing chess, which is said to be one of the most popular games in the world, but is President of the Howard University Chess Club since 2006. [Samuel Peter Francis] considers himself a critical thinker, an aspect of his personality that he feels attributes greatly to his successes, thus far, as president of the University Chess Club. Chess, in fact, is advocated as a way of enhancing mental prowess! Meanwhile, this young man who was the unrated chess champion of Howard University (HU) in 2006, was selected to the HU Dean's list and also to the National Dean's List of US Colleges and Universities in 2006. With his excellence in the game of chess, his absorption in scientific matters and his penchant for being clear and concise in his undertakings, Samuel could be expected to be a rather scholarly, 'nerdy' individual. Not so! He is full of life and laughter - a very pleasant, friendly Caribbean person.