Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life Book

	Introduction	1
1	Using mixed methods to explore Latino children's literacy development	21
2	Working it out : the chronicle of a mixed-methods analysis	47
3	Mixed methods, more justified conclusions : the case of the Abt evaluation of the Comer program in Detroit	65
4	The ecology of children's racial coping : family, school, and community influences	84
5	Sites of belonging : acculturation, discrimination, and ethnic identity among children of immigrants	111
	Commentary : toward varied and complementary methodologies in the study of ethnic identity in childhood	165
	Commentary : ethnicity, race, and identity	171
6	Taking culture seriously : making the social survey ethnographic	185
7	Combining ethnography and GIS technology to examine constructions of developmental opportunities in contexts of poverty and disability	223
8	Bullets don't got no name : consequences of fear in the ghetto	243
9	Qualitative/quantitative synergies in a random-assignment program evaluation	283
	Commentary : mixed methods in studies of social experiments for parents in poverty	305
	Commentary : viewing mixed methods through an implementation research lens : a response to the new hope and moving to opportunity evaluations	317
10	Entering the developmental niche : mixed methods in an intervention program for inner-city children	329
11	Including Latino immigrant families, schools, and community programs as research partners on the good path of life (El Buen Camino de la Vida)	359
12	Civil rights and academic development : mixed methods and the task of ensuring educational equality	387
	Synthesis : a reprise on mixing methods	405