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Phillips, Deborah A. – Child Development, 1987
Academically competent third-graders and their parents were studied to (1) determine whether the illusion of incompetence documented in fifth graders appears in younger children; and (2) examine the influence that parents exert on their children's development of self-perceptions of academic competence. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Self Evaluation (Individuals)

Entwisle, Doris R.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Examined the kinds of information first grade children take into account in forging their image of an academic self, as well as whether this nascent self-image affects school achievement. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 1, Primary Education, Self Concept