Success Stories and CIP Studies Related to Individual Students' Cultural Negotiations

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.

Individual Students' Cultural Negotiations in General (3.5, 4.5, 5.5)

CIP Studies

The Application of the Cultural Inquiry Process in an Autistic Child’s Education and Peer Relations (2003)
An inquiry into the process of helping an eighth grade autistic boy of European American descent transition from a small special education class setting to larger regular classes.

A Cultural Inquiry into the Education of Muslim Students in America (2001)
An inquiry into the religious and cultural pride of Muslim students in a Muslim elementary and secondary school in the U.S.

Positive Discipline and Assertive Discipline (2000)
An examination of the culture of a 2nd grade classroom related to the use of two discipline systems.

Home, Peer, and School Cultures (3.5.1, 4.5.1, 5.5.1)

Success Stories

Reducing Borders
Minority high school students' involvement in a research project led to the development of an English/Social Studies curriculum exploring cultural borders and boundaries.

CIP Studies

A Case of Sue (2001)
A study of a quiet Mongolian girl who was struggling in a mainstream 8th grade geography class after exiting the ESL program.

A Cultural Inquiry of Maria (2003)
An examination of the reasons for a sixth grade Mexican American girl's lack of progress in mathematics and other subjects.

Hidden Culture -- Finding the Individual (2002)
Inquiries into the influences that family and culture had on the verbal and writing skills of several pre-kindergarten students: Pakistani twins and a girl born of Ghanaian parents.

A Resource Teacher’s Role in the Regular Classroom (2003)
A Standards of Learning (SOL) resource teacher examined how differences in the cultures of her third and fifth grade classes and her own perceptions of the role of an SOL teacher affected student achievement and her own interactions with the students and teachers.

Transitions in First Grade (2000)
An inquiry about a Caucasian boy who experienced transitional and behavioral problems in first grade.

Cultural Identities (3.5.2, 4.5.2, 5.5.2)

Success Stories

AVID Untracking Program
In this college preparation program several instructional practices, a changed school culture, peer groups, and parental support helped to boost the enrollment of underrepresented students in colleges and universities.

Freshman Social Studies Class
A social studies teacher provided instruction that supports both positive ethnic identity and academic success for Mexican immigrant students.

PEP Program
A college preparation program used high expectations, cultural pride, and collaboration to raise the achievement of minority students.

PLAN Program
This successful component of a bilingual education program for Latinos built a supportive community and helped the students create a vision for the future and develop a positive self-image.

CIP Studies

A Cultural Inquiry of Tomika (2001)
A study about an underachieving African-American girl in a high school geometry class.