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How Smart Is My Child? The Judgment Accuracy of Parents Regarding Their Children's Cognitive Ability
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Elena Mack; Vsevolod Scherrer; Franzis Preckel – Child Development, 2025
Parents' judgment of their children's cognitive ability is important for providing adequate learning environments. This study examined parents' judgment accuracy with 2346 children (M = 8.94 years; 48.3% girls) and their parents (1283 mothers, 426 fathers, and 637 parental pairs). The data were collected between September 2012 and February 2014 in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes