Hawkins, R., & Mulkey, L. M. (2005). Athletic investment and academic resilience in a national sample of african american females and males in the middle grades.Education and Urban Society, 38(1), 62-88. This research examines the impact of gender on the association between sport participation and students’ educational opportunities and outcomes… Continue Reading Athletic Investment and Academic Resilience in a National Sample of African American Females and Males in the Middle Grades
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“Break It Down”: One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males
McDougal, S. (2009). “Break It Down”: One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males.The Journal of Negro Education, 78(4), 432-440. Interviews with students at an all-Black, all-male school in a major northeastern city revealed that a significant proportion of the participating students had a strong preference for practical,… Continue Reading “Break It Down”: One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males
Bouncing Back: Sports And Academic Resilience Among African-American Males
Braddock, J. H., Royster, D. A., Winfield, L. F., & Hawkins, R. (1991). Bouncing Back: Sports And Academic Resilience Among African-American Males. Education and Urban Society, 24(1), 113-131. Data for 1,140 African-American male students from 802 public schools from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 indicate that sports participation is positively… Continue Reading Bouncing Back: Sports And Academic Resilience Among African-American Males