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Wang, Yijie; Benner, Aprile D. – Child Development, 2014
This study explored how discrepancies between parents' and adolescents' educational expectations influenced adolescents' achievement using a nationally representative, longitudinal sample of 14,041 students (14 years old at baseline). "Actual" discrepancies (i.e., those between parents' and adolescents' actual…
Descriptors: Expectation, Parent Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Schlottmann, Anne – Child Development, 2001
Examined how 6- to 9-year-olds and adults judged expected value of complex gambles in which alternative outcomes had different prizes. Found that participants at all ages used multiplication rule for integrating probability and value of each individual outcome, and based judgment of overall expected value on alternative outcomes. Even youngest…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Rohner, Ronald P.; Pettengill, Sandra M. – Child Development, 1985
Uses two self-report questionnaires in reporting that perceptions of Korean youth regarding parental control correlate positively with perceived parental warmth and low neglect. Findings contrast with studies on North American youth. Cultural variables contributing to the differences in the patterns of correlation among the Korean versus American…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
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Kuklinski, Margaret R.; Weinstein, Rhona S. – Child Development, 2001
Evaluated a path model of teacher expectancy effects in 376 first- through fifth-grade urban children. Found that classroom environment and developmental differences moderated the strength of teacher expectancy effects on students' year-end achievement. Results suggested that teacher expectations may tend to magnify achievement differences in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Effect Size