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Shaping Educational Expectations: The Perspectives of 13-Year-Olds and Their Parents
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Smyth, Emer – Educational Review, 2020
Educational expectations and the way in which they shape actual outcomes act as an important vehicle for the intergenerational reproduction of social inequality. This article draws on rich information from the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study to explore the factors influencing the educational expectations of 13-year-old young people and…
Descriptors: Expectation, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
The Association of Attitude to Reading and Reading Achievement among a Representative Sample of Nine Year Olds in Ireland
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Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study explored the association between reading self-belief and reading achievement among a representative sample of nine year old children in the Republic of Ireland. Results from analysis of variance and simple effects analysis showed a positive linear association between reading achievement and "attitude to reading." The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Reading Attitudes
An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Self-Concept and Achievement of Lower and Middle Class Black and White Children: Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade.
Samuels, Shirley C. – 1977
Nine years after the original study was conducted this follow-up study explores the self concept of kindergarten children in relationship to their educational achievement and self concept. Original subjects were 93 children randomly chosen from 417 children attending school in suburban New York City. When in kindergarten, in 1968, the children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students