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First Generation Review This week, I watched a documentary on YouTube called First Generation which is an award earning documentary by Blair Underwood. First Generation is about four different high school students from different backgrounds who tried to break out of the cycle of poverty and help their families and their communities by getting a college education. I think that this documentary is relevant to my paper on Tiger Parenting to a certain extent because the struggles of being a First Generation college student can sometimes be shared with Asian American students. The documentary follows an inner city athlete, waitress, a daughter of field works, and warrior dancer. One of the most important stories in the video to me was when I watching one student going to school and he find out that he is on honor roll. When asked about college applications, he said that he didn't apply to anything so far but is planning on getting in college applications this weekend. However, he d...

Literature Review blog post #1  Source: Parent Autonomy Support, Academic Achievement, and Psychosocial Functioning: a Meta-analysis of Research  Authors: Ariana C. Vasquez & Erika A. Patall & Carlton J. Fong & Andrew S. Corrigan & Lisa Pine Ariana Vasquz is from the University of Pittsburgh and works in the Department of Psychology and Education. She has a PhD and has written many papers specifically about autonomy including “ Supporting and Thwarting Autonomy in the High School Science Classroom ” and “A Meta-Analysis of Negative Feedback on Intrinsic Motivation”.  Erika Patall has a Ph.D and works in the University of Southern California in the Rossier School of Education. She has over 51 publications and is an expert in achievement and motivation, teaching and learning, and adolescent development.  Citation: Vasquez, Ariana & Patall, Erika & Fong, Carlton & Corrigan, Andrew & Pine, Lisa. (2015).  Parent ...

This is an image/diagram that compares and contrasts fixed mindset with the growth mindset or the view of incremental intelligence which results in higher levels of acheivement.

Hi Professor Goeller! I added better sources from tiger babies. Please use this link to view my paper:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xh5yblOnrAGL7GuNgXuDW29onT1WTE2ahrOl2QAT5EY/edit?usp=sharing.