Success Stories and CIP Studies Related to Mismatches Between Cultures

Success Stories are published reports that demonstrate how taking particular cultural or social issues into account can improve educational practice and students' learning. CIP studies are reports in which educational practitioners used the CIP to examine a particular cultural or social issue related to their practice; all proper names within the studies are pseudonyms.

Mismatches Between Cultures in General (3.3, 4.3, 5.3)

Success Stories

Las Redes
An after-school computer club stimulated children's literacy development through "hybridity," which integrates play and learning, and encourages children to use a wide range of language and literacy forms.

CIP Studies

The Application of the Cultural Inquiry Process to Puzzlements in Music Education (1999)
A study by a music teacher of the influences on a choir class of 7th and 8th grade students.

Mahmoud's Progress (2001)
An inquiry about a 9-year-old boy from Saudi Arabia who experienced academic, linguistic, and behavioral difficulties in a 3rd grade class.

The Study of Martin (2001)
An investigation about a 4-year-old Somalian boy who experienced language problems in a preschool special education program.

Why Don't They Get It? (2000)
An examination by a math resource teacher of ways to help elementary mathematics teachers balance the needs of a diverse, low-income population with the pressures of state standards and exams.

Interactional Patterns (3.3.1, 4.3.1, 5.3.1)

Success Stories

KEEP Program
Teachers used an interactional style from Hawaiian culture to improve language arts instruction for K-3 Hawaiian students.

KEEP-Rough Rock Project
A successful language arts program was adapted to work with Native American children on a Navajo reservation.

CIP Studies

Sorting It Out: A CIP Study of a Special Education Student (2001)
A study of a 9-year-old African-American girl in a special education program who experienced difficulties in socializing with peers.

Tough Transition for José (2004)
An investigation about a 9-year-old boy, recently immigrated from El Salvador, whose behavior in his 2nd grade class puts him in jeopardy of being labeled "emotionally disturbed."

Why Won't He Behave? (2003)
An inquiry concerning a first grade African American boy whose impulsive behavior disrupted class.

Home Culture and Curriculum (3.3.2, 4.3.2, 5.3.2)

Success Stories

Funds of Knowledge for Teaching Project
Elementary teachers used information gathered in a minority community to create learning experiences that build on strengths in students' homes.

CIP Studies

Homework: To Do or Not to Do? (2002)
A study of homework in the 3rd grade, which started with a focus on a Latino boy and then expanded to a broader focus.

The Study of Martin (2001)
An investigation about a 4-year-old Somalian boy who experienced language problems in a preschool special education program.

Tough Transition for José (2004)
An investigation about a 9-year-old boy, recently immigrated from El Salvador, whose behavior in his 2nd grade class puts him in jeopardy of being labeled "emotionally disturbed."

Learning Approaches (3.3.3, 4.3.3, 5.3.3)

Success Stories

Las Redes
An after-school computer club stimulated children's literacy development through "hybridity," which integrates play and learning, and encourages children to use a wide range of language and literacy forms.