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Anderson, Daniel (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Stevens, Joseph Anderson, Daniel 2015-08-18T22:50:56Z 2015-08-18T22:50:56Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19191 Teachers and schools both play important roles in students' education. Yet, the unique contribution of each to students' growth has rarely been explored. In this dissertation, a Bayesian multilevel model was applied in each of Grades 3 to 5, with students' growth estimated across three seasonal (fall, winter, spring) administrations of a mathematics assessment. Variance in students' within-year growth was then partitioned into student-, classroom-, and school-level components. The expected differences in students' growth between classrooms and schools were treated as indicators of the teacher or school "effect" on students' mathematics growth. Results provided evidence that meaningful differences in students' growth lies both between classrooms within schools, and between schools. The distribution of teacher effects between schools was also examined through the lens of access and equity with systematic sorting of teachers to schools leading to disproportional student access to classrooms where the average growth was above the norm. Further, previous research has documented persistent and compounding teacher effects over time. Systematic teacher sorting results in students' having differential probabilities of being enrolled in multiple "high" or "low" growth classrooms in a row. While clear evidence of teacher sorting was found, the demographic composition of schools did not relate to the sorting, contrary to previous research. The persistence of teacher and school effects was also examined from a previously unexplored angle by examining the effect of students' previous teacher(s) on their subsequent rate of within-year growth during the school year. These effects were found to be small and teacher effects overall were found to decay quite rapidly. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Bayesian Estimation School Effects Teacher Effects Teacher Persistence Teacher Sorting Within-year Growth Teacher and School Contributions to Student Growth Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
Jablonski, Dennis L. (University of Oregon, September , 2009)[more][less]Jablonski, Dennis L. 2010-04-30T22:42:49Z 2010-04-30T22:42:49Z 2009-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10340 xiii, 126 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. The nexus of educational reforms and rapid technological changes poses challenges for teachers in deciding why, when, and to what extent they should integrate technology into the curriculum. This exploratory study analyzed 165 middle school mathematics teachers' responses to an online survey examining their pedagogical beliefs, training, and access to technology and the use of technology by students in the classroom. Multiple linear regression was used to test three different models to predict the frequency and type of technology use by students. In addition, responses to constructed-response questions on the survey provided qualitative data to further explore this topic. Findings indicate that the best model to predict frequency of students' technology use is one that includes access to computers in the classroom and the lab, and teacher training. This model accounted for 17% of the variance in frequency of use by students, with computer lab availability being the strongest predictor. The best model of how many types of technologies teachers reported their students using was a combination of teachers' training in technology and access to computers in the lab. Together, these two variables accounted for 9% of the variance in the number of different types of technologies teachers reported using with their students. Pedagogical beliefs were a non significant variable, but teachers reported changes in their teaching due to students' use of technology, which included instructional practices that are associated with both didactic and constructivist pedagogies. Implications of this study are that technology resources need to be more accessible, and teacher training in technology should be timely and appropriate to available resources and curricular objectives. In addition, if mandated computerized testing limits students' access to computer labs, resource planning should consider alternatives so that students can meet technology literacy goals. Limitations of the study are presented and suggestions for future research are included. Committee in charge: Gerald Tindal, Chairperson, Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership; Kathleen Scalise, Member, Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership; Joanna Goode, Member, Teacher Education; Patricia Curtin, Outside Member, Journalism and Communication en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Ph. D., 2009; Educational technology Pedagogy Technology Constructivism Middle school students Teacher beliefs Technology use Middle school education Teacher education Educational technology Teachers' pedagogical beliefs and the instructional use of technology with middle school students Thesis
Irvin, Phillip (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Tindal, Gerald Irvin, Phillip 2015-08-18T23:01:12Z 2015-08-18T23:01:12Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19240 Learning-related behavioral and academic skills upon kindergarten entry, sometimes referred to as kindergarten readiness, is a construct of growing importance in education, having implications for early learning and eventual achievement. Much of the research on entry skills has been limited to initial status only with inferences drawn about preparedness for school. In this study, I examine the relation among kindergarten entry skills in literacy and mathematics as well as outcomes measured at the end of the kindergarten school year. Two extant datasets were used—learning-related behavioral ratings and academic proficiency skills scores from a fall administration of a statewide kindergarten entry assessment and interim-formative assessment data collected for a subsample of students in the spring of the same academic year. The assessments were analyzed for their factor structures (using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses) as well as a hypothesized structural model. Factor analyses tested and confirmed the underlying structure and relations among items and measures included in the state entry assessment. Follow-up structural modeling confirmed the measurement model and concurrently estimated the effects of entry skills on emergent literacy and math skills measured in the spring, while accounting for student-level demographic characteristics. Results indicated that the state's entry assessment measured three distinct skillsets: self-regulation and social-interpersonal learning-related behaviors, and academic proficiency. Importantly, kindergarten entry skills explained a large proportion of variance in spring emergent literacy achievement, beyond that of learning-related behavioral skills and student demographic characteristics. In contrast, these entry skills explained far less variance in spring math achievement. These findings are interpreted in the context of existing theory and recent empirical research. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. assessment early childhood education elementary education kindergarten entry kindergarten readiness measurement The Relation of Kindergarten Entry Skills to Early Literacy and Mathematics Achievement Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
To What Extent Do Early Literacy Skills Predict Growth in Mathematics for Students with Reading Difficulties?Barker, Elizabeth (University of Oregon, February 23, 2016)[more][less]Tindal, Gerald Barker, Elizabeth 2016-02-24T00:08:43Z 2016-02-24T00:08:43Z 2016-02-23 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19666 High correlations exist for students who struggle with reading and math, and as a consequence, students who are poor readers tend to do poorly in mathematics. A few studies have investigated the longitudinal growth of the correlation between reading and mathematics. This dissertation outlines the investigation of the relation between reading foundational skills and growth in mathematics achievement for students at risk for reading difficulty and not at risk. This study used extant data from a second grade interim-benchmark reading assessment and a mathematics interim-benchmark for students in third through fifth grade. This study employed a staged approach for the latent growth curve model and discovered estimated differences of students with and without reading difficulties in relation to mathematics achievement. In addition, specific foundational skills were predictive of growth in mathematics for students with and without reading difficulties. The dissertation study developed a theory based on empirical research that early reading skills may lay the foundation for later mathematics achievement. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Early Reading Skills Mathematics Growth Students with Disabilities To What Extent Do Early Literacy Skills Predict Growth in Mathematics for Students with Reading Difficulties? Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
Trajectories of Cannabis Use Disorder: Risk and Developmental Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and OutcomesKosty, Derek (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Stevens, Joseph Kosty, Derek 2015-08-18T22:52:14Z 2015-08-18T22:52:14Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19200 Efforts to objectively inform cannabis discourses include research on the epidemiology of cannabis abuse and dependence disorders or, collectively, cannabis use disorder (CUD). For my dissertation I identified classes of individuals based on intraindividual CUD trajectory patterns and contrasted trajectory classes with respect to clinical characteristics of CUD, developmental risk factors, and psychosocial outcomes. Identifying differences between trajectory classes provides evidence for the validity of trajectory-based CUD constructs and informs the development of comprehensive models of CUD epidemiology and trajectory-specific intervention approaches. My dissertation used data from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project, a prospective epidemiological study of the psychiatric and psychosocial functioning of a representative community-based sample randomly selected from nine high schools across western Oregon. Four waves of data collection occurred between mid-adolescence and early adulthood and included diagnostic interviews and self-report questionnaires. Onset and offset ages of all CUD episodes were recorded. The reference sample included 816 participants who completed all diagnostic interviews. A series of latent class growth models revealed three distinct CUD trajectory classes through age 30: (1) a persistent increasing risk class; (2) a maturing out class, marked by increasing risk through age 20 and then a decreasing risk through early adulthood; and (3) a stable low risk class. Rates of cannabis dependence were similar across the persistent increasing and the maturing out classes. Trajectory classes characterized by a history of CUD were associated with a variety of childhood risk factors and measures of psychosocial functioning during early adulthood. Participants who were male, had externalizing disorders, and had psychotic experiences during early adulthood discriminated between the persistent increasing and the maturing out classes. Future research based on more diverse samples is indicated, as are well-controlled tests of associations between risk factors, trajectory class membership, and psychosocial outcomes. A better understanding of these relationships will inform etiological theories of CUD and the development of effective intervention programs that target problematic cannabis use at specific developmental stages. Designing targeted versus undifferentiated interventions for those at greatest risk for adult psychosocial impairment could be a cost-effective way to mitigate the consequences of CUD. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. cannabis cannabis use disorder growth mixture model latent class analysis trajectories Trajectories of Cannabis Use Disorder: Risk and Developmental Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
Use of Teacher-Supported Goal Setting to Improve Writing Quality, Quantity and Self-Efficacy in Middle School WritersSilver, Marisa (University of Oregon, October 3, 2013)[more][less]Tindal, Gerald Silver, Marisa 2013-10-03T23:35:04Z 2013-10-03T23:35:04Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13296 The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a writing workshop with a goal setting intervention on writing quality, quantity and self-efficacy. Students in Treatment 1 used the writing workshop process and received a teacher-supported goal setting intervention in the self-edit step of the writing process consistent with the Self-Regulated Strategy Development approach. Students in Treatment 2 received only writing workshop instruction and a generic checklist in the self-edit step. Students in the Comparator group received business-as-usual writing instruction in their language arts/social studies block. Writing measures document quality of writing through a holistic scale, quantity of writing through word counts, and the quantity of writing through parsable units. The Writer Self-Perception Scale, or WSPS, measured students' self-efficacy in writing for the Treatment 1 and Treatment 2 groups. This study expands on existing research that explores strategy interventions in writing workshops to increase student achievement in writing. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. adolescent writers goal setting middle school persuasive writing self-efficacy writing Use of Teacher-Supported Goal Setting to Improve Writing Quality, Quantity and Self-Efficacy in Middle School Writers Electronic Thesis or Dissertation D.Ed. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
Miller, Barbara N. (University of Oregon, December , 2008)[more][less]Miller, Barbara N. 2009-07-29T23:12:52Z 2009-07-29T23:12:52Z 2008-12 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9498 xiii, 79 p. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. The role of humor among teachers in schools has not received much research attention. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' perceptions of the uses and effects of humor in the naturalistic setting of an elementary school. A qualitative exploratory case study was conducted. Twenty participants from one school completed a survey on uses and effects of humor, and a focus group was conducted with five of the survey participants. Results were transcribed and coded using the constant comparative coding methods, and themes were developed and compared to the scant prior research findings on the topic. Findings identified a group of teachers who used humor mostly to provide stress relief for themselves and each other and to alleviate some of the stresses associated with teaching young children. Participants also reported the use of humor in sharing stories and events that occurred in the school workplace. Findings also included consistent perceived positive effects from the use of humor in building collegial relationships, in providing rejuvenation, and in preventing burn-out. Teachers reported using humor in positive and productive ways and enjoying positive and productive results. Overall, study participants were in strong agreement in regards to uses and effects of humor in their school workplace. As this was an exploratory study, further research is needed in additional school settings to explore reliability in regards to uses and effects of humor in other schools and with other mixes of teachers. As the scant previous research has shown a correlation between positive collegial relationships and good school climate and improved student learning, it would also be beneficial to conduct additional studies on the role of humor among staff in regards to student achievement. Adviser: Diane M. Dunlap en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Ed. D., 2008; Humor in schools School faculty humor Uses of humor Effects of humor Humor School Workplace Teacher education Humor in education Wit and humor in education Education, Elementary Elementary education The uses and effects of humor in the school workplace Thesis
French, Elizabeth (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Conley, David French, Elizabeth 2014-09-29T17:46:24Z 2014-09-29T17:46:24Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18369 The purpose of this study is to examine the evidence underlying the claim that scores from CampusReady, a diagnostic measure of student college and career readiness, are valid indicators of student college and career readiness. Participants included 4,649 ninth through twelfth grade students from 19 schools who completed CampusReady in the 2012-13 school year. The first research question tested my hypothesis that grade level would have an effect on CampusReady scores. There were statistically significant effects of grade level on scores in two subscales, and I controlled for grade level in subsequent analyses on those subscales. The second, third and fourth research questions examined the differences in scores for subgroups of students to explore the evidence supporting the assumption that scores are free of sources of systematic error that would bias interpretation of student scores as indicators of college and career readiness. My hypothesis that students' background characteristics would have little to no effect on scores was confirmed for race/ethnicity and first language but not for mothers' education, which had medium effects on scores. The fifth and six research questions explored the assumption that students with higher CampusReady scores are more prepared for college and careers. My hypothesis that there would be small to moderate effects of students' aspirations for after high school on CampusReady scores was confirmed, with higher scores for students who aspired to attend college than for students with other plans. My hypothesis that there would be small to moderate relationships between CampusReady scores and grade point average was also confirmed. I conclude with a discussion of the implications and limitations of these results for the argument supporting the validity of CampusReady score interpretation as well as the implications of these results for future CampusReady validation research. This study concludes with the suggestion that measures of metacognitive learning skills, such as the CampusReady survey, show promise for measuring student preparation for college and careers when triangulated with other measures of college and career preparation. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Assessment College and career readiness Noncognitive Assessment Survey Validity The Validity of the CampusReady Survey Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
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In XCOM 2, the roles have been reversed, and XCOM is now the invading force. They are hampered by limited resources and must constantly evade the alien threat in their new mobile headquarters. Players must use a combination of firepower and stealth-like tactics to help XCOM recruit soldiers and build a resistance network, while attempting to expose the evil alien agenda and save humanity.
XCOM 2 will introduce gameplay features such as procedurally-generated levels, which will make each experience unique to the player, as well as offer a much deeper level of modding support. Additionally, XCOM 2 will offer a variety of new content including five updated soldier classes, increased soldier customization, more alien and enemy types, evolved tactical combat and more.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom.It features turn-based combat, a strong focus on systematic gameplay and a well-grounded narrative.
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We're going to Chicago this weekend! Despite a 50% chance of rain (BOO) I am determined to have an awesome time. We will be staying in Wicker Park and plan to rely mainly on bikes and the L to get around. We aim to eat, shop and explore. Where do we start? [more inside]
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I recently started working from home, so I no longer have my daily bike commute to the office. Looking for some advice on the following: - Ideal time(s) of day for a nice distance ride with less traffic. - Good routes for a distance ride in Chicago. - Good destination points. Perhaps a nice place to work with a laptop(bonus for free Wi-Fi connections). Also, I tend to like independent cafes/restaurants rather than places like Cosi or Starbucks. - Any other thoughts/advice you have. I'm flexible with distance, though I'd prefer 5+ miles. I'm starting out from my apartment in Humboldt Park if that helps any. Thanks AskMeFi!!
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Patient financial engagement is more challenging than ever – and more critical. With patient responsibility as a percentage of revenue on the rise, providers have seen their billing-related costs and accounts receivable levels increase. If increasing collection yield and reducing costs are a priority for your organization, the metrics outlined in this presentation will provide the framework you need to understand what's working and what's not, in order to guide your overall patient financial engagement initiatives and optimize results.
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Are Biracial Women More Likely To Identify As Multi-Racial To Receive Preferential Treatment?
Taye Diggs is likely somewhere patting himself on the back. A recent study, highlighted in TIME, said that interracial women are more likely to identify as multiracial than interracial men. Maybe I'm slow, but it took me forever to understand what this story and the study were trying to say. Basically, with the American multiracial population growing as it is, social scientists estimate that by 2050, one in every five Americans will be mixed race.
So the question becomes how will this growing demographic choose to identify themselves?
Well, according to the study, gender may have something to do with the choice. Lauren Davenport, professor of political science at Stanford, sifted through data from tens of thousands of incoming college freshman with muti-racial backgrounds across the country.
She found that women who were multiracial were more likely to identify themselves as such. While men who were multiracial were more likely to choose one race.
For children born of Black-White unions, 76 percent of the women defined themselves as multi-racial while only 64 percent of men with the same background did. The same was true for students who came from Latino-White and Asian-White unions. Interestingly enough, the TIME piece didn't mention multiracial individuals with two parents of color.
Davenport speculates that the reason women may be more likely to mark multiracial is because, in society, women with various racial and ethnic backgrounds are viewed more favorably.
She's certainly not lying. We've all seen. From the music videos, to Hollywood casting choices (see Zoe Saldana or Aurora Perrineau,) to internet memes, to men on the street, there seems to be this subtle or blatantly expressed preference for racially ambiguous or multiracial women. And not just women, biracial children as well. There have been entire videos made discouraging what has become the fetishization of biracial children, believing that they'll one day become biracial adults, particularly women, who will be viewed as more visually appealing and sexually attractive. People will express this preference telling you that your biracial children will have "good hair," that they'll be "pretty babies." They're sure of it. It's a notion rooted in racism really. That it takes a White person to make what would have been an "ordinary Black" child attractive. And we all know how attractiveness translates to other perks, benefits and even opportunities in this country, from the time of slavery until today.
So perhaps these women are responding to that culture, wanting to be a part of that celebrated caste.
Or maybe not.
Maybe some of these women are starting to reject the one-drop-rule. Which is also steeped in racism. The one-drop-rule was a way to keep people with just an ounce of Black ancestry from claiming the advantages and freedoms of being White in America. And while the Black community has transformed the one drop rule to accept the diversity of Blackness, there may be some people who would like to acknowledge all that they are. And there's nothing wrong with that. I see where Taye Diggs is coming from when he says his child should be able to acknowledge and celebrate both sides of his heritage. But I also believe a person should be able to identify as they please. I know right now you might be thinking about Rachel Dolezal. She too has that choice. And we in society have the choice to accept it or not. In the case of Dolezal, she doesn't have my acceptance. And this societal acceptance or rejection is the exact reason why some people choose to identify as one race or another. A person who is biracial with a darker skin tone could say that they're White all day. But if that person were to expect to be seen and treated as a White person, they might be severely disappointed.
It's like President Barack Obama choosing to identify and be called Black, though he was raised exclusively by his White mother and her parents. It is his choice, likely influenced by the ways in which society sees him. A cursory look over his life will show you that despite his peers seeing his White family, he experienced racism. And it's a choice I feel we should honor. Which is where Taye Diggs and I differ.
Biologically speaking, race is a social construct. All we have is melanin, in varying amounts. It's people, in our need to classify, who determine which ones of us fall into which racial category based on that melanin. Since the idea is entirely made up anyway, there are no rules that say these definitions can't shift.
Is Kraft Really Making a Statement on Biracial Identity In New Milkbite Ads?
It sounds completely ridiculous, I know, and in some ways it sort of is, but after watching a few of Kraft's new Milkbite advertisements you get the impression the company is going a little too hard on this mixed identity thing.
Milkbites are cereal bars that are part milk and part granola, which make for a convenient morning treat for people on the go, but in Kraft's melodramatic commercials, one milkbite named Mel is quite depressed about not being able to find his place in the world, struggling to fit in with milk and not totally fitting in with granola either. As we see the little character in therapy or on dates or moping around the house, you can't help but think about real people who are biracial and how they feel they're not totally accepted by whites or blacks or Latinos, etc., and therein lies some of the controversy.
In an article for The Huffington Post, Jermaine Spradley writes:
"The campaign harkens the age-old tragic mulatto stereotype which has its roots in 19th century abolitionist literature…. The problem with this sort of homogeneous characterization has always been that it oversimplifies the complexities of what it means to be biracial by painting the characters biraciality as a constant source of stress and anxiety. That in turn reinforces the notion that miscegenation, and the children born of it, are inherently unhealthy.
"[W]hen you're talking about a product that a multibillion dollar company is trying to sell, when you're talking about a Milkbite struggling with the fact that his mom is a glass of milk and his dad is a bowl of granola, you begin trivializing the lives and experiences of millions of biracial folk everywhere."
I hardly believe Kraft thought that deeply about it—which you could argue is part of the problem—but I actually think they just got carried away with a good idea. Had the commercials been a bit more upbeat or even had a positive connotation to the dual identify, which I would think would make consumers want to purchase them more anyway, this would be a non-issue. But the commercials lean way too heavily on the serious and assumed depressing side of this reality to not draw parallels between human situations and his fictional one, which is why there's all this racial controversy discussion—particularly when Mel describes being "mixed" as a prison and being questioned by a human about why he looks one way but claims to be something else.
Apparently Kraft has issued some direct responses to people who have called them out on Facebook but that's as far as they've gone in terms of damage control. Spradley believes they should pull the ads altogether but I'm not sure that's warranted in this situation. The more commercials you watch, the more you do get the sense that the issues biracial people deal with are being trivialized in this campaign but we also keep sliding further and further down this slippery slope of there being no room for any artistic expression that could possibly be interpreted by anyone on the earth as an inappropriate play on race. There has to be a way to find balance without racism being the go-to response in these cases and corporations getting a pass when they shouldn't.
Check out a few of the ads here and tell us what you think abut them. Are they bi-racially insensitive?
Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.
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Mixed-Race and Rewriting the Rules on Art
(New York Times) — For years Heidi W. Durrow heard the refrain: editors wouldn't publish her novel because readers couldn't relate to a protagonist who was part black and part Danish. But when that novel, "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky," was finally published last year (after about four dozen rejections, said Ms. Durrow, who is, of course, black and Danish), the coming-of-age story landed on best-seller lists. Today Ms. Durrow finds herself in the elite precincts of The New Yorker and National Public Radio — which a few weeks ago began the Summer Blend Book Club, featuring works about multiracial people. And work by mixed-race artists is increasingly visible in museum exhibitions, in bookstores and online — raised to the spotlight by new census numbers that show a roughly 32 percent increase since 2000 in the number of Americans declaring multiracial identity, as well as by a biracial president, an explosion of blogs and Web sites about multiracialism, and the advent of critical mixed-race studies on college campuses. "The national images of racially mixed people have dramatically changed just within the last few years, from 'mulattoes' as psychically divided, racially impure outcasts to being hip new millennials who attractively embody the resolution of America's race problem," said Michele Elam, an associate professor of English at Stanford University.
Census Shows Fast Growth in Multiracial Population
For the first time, demographers are able to make comparisons with the category now known as the "mixed-race" group thanks to the 2010 Census, which revealed that multiracial children are the fastest growing youth population in the country.
The Census gave a comprehensive report on the change of the multiracial population over the past 10 years, which showed an increase in multiracial children of "almost 50 percent to 4.2 million," according to the New York Times. Going forward, this allows for data creation on a previously ambiguous and largely undocumented part of the population.
There are 57 racial combinations on the census. Most identified as black and white, at 20.4 percent. The census also revealed that the number of people in all age groups who identified as both black and white has grown to 1.8 million.
C. Matthew Snipp, a professor in the sociology department at Stanford University said the data "marks a truly profound shift in the way Americans, particularly African-Americans, think about race and about their heritage."
But despite the population growth of mixed races, blacks and whites are the least likely to report being multiracial. American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders tend to report a mixed identity at a higher rate.
Suzy Richardson, the founder of the news and opinion website "Mixed and Happy," says she is happy that her young multi-racial daughter will now be able to grow up and build confidence in her identity. "The numbers, for mixed race families like my own, mean that the world must stop and recognize the changing face of today's family, the changing face of today's individual," she told The Times.
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Passing as Black: How Biracial Americans Choose Identity
(Time) — The practice of passing — identifying with and presenting oneself as one race while denying ancestry of another — reached its peak during the Jim Crow era. Needless to say, the notion of having to "pass" as white is outdated and offensive, but as sociologists Nikki Khanna and Cathryn Johnson report in a new study, passing is still alive and well today. It just happens in the other direction. For their study, Khanna and Johnson interviewed 40 biracial American adults about their racial identity, and were surprised by what they found: most people tended to suppress or reject their white ancestry altogether and claim to be entirely African American. It wasn't simply about calling oneself black, but also aggressively changing one's behavior, looks and tastes to appear more "black."