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responses to certain questions of concern to educators and parents alike. Specifically, * How well have Indochinese refugee students adapted to American schools so far? * Does student adaptation relate to academic performance in the new school? * Does adaptation to the new school setting relate to learning in a particular school subject? Adaptation is defined as the process by which the individual brings his/her behavior into harmony with the social setting. For refugee students, adaptation to the new school may involve changes in behaviors as they align more closely with those encountered in the new academic setting. The process includes both social and personal adjustment and acculturation in the school context. The former
Liêm et al. (Sat,) studied this question.