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Kleanthous, Irene – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
This article aims to compare and contrast the perceptions of parental influence of indigenous middle-class students and immigrant students in Cyprus, and to investigate how their family's capital mediates students' educational choices for studies in higher education. This study draws on interview data with two students and their parents and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Influence, Cultural Capital, Comparative Analysis
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Cucchiara, Maia Bloomfield; Horvat, Erin McNamara – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations. This study of parental involvement in two urban schools suggests that middle-class parental involvement may be more complex than often assumed. The authors find that…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Middle Class, Parent Participation
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Deb, Sibnath; Chatterjee, Pooja; Walsh, Kerryann – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
The broad objective of the study was to understand better anxiety among adolescents in Kolkata city, India. Specifically, the study compared anxiety across gender, school type, socio-economic background and mothers' employment status. The study also examined adolescents' perceptions of quality time with their parents. A group of 460 adolescents…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Employment Level, Mothers, Psychological Testing
PALMER, JUDITH A. – 1966
IN 1960 AT TORONTO, CANADA, A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT WAS BEGUN IN JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN WITH 8,695 CHILDREN. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE (1) TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN ATTENDANCE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, AND (2) TO EXAMINE THE NATURE OF THE WORLD OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Educational Status Comparison
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Olim, Ellis G.; And Others – The School Review, 1967
A study relating mothers' language styles and techniques of family control to children's cognitive development was conducted with 163 urban Negro mothers from the lower and middle classes and their 4-year-old children. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) There was a significant negative correlation between responses of status-oriented…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis