Soledad's dream: How immigrant children bridge their multiple worlds and build pathways to college

Developmental Pathways Through Middle Childhood: Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 235-260

  Cooper, Catherine R ^a   Domínguez, Elizabeth ^b   Rosas, Soledad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cabrillo Community College   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410615558     Document Type: Chapter

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