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Download full textEntwisle, Doris R.; Webster, Murray A. – 1970
This experiment shows that most children's expectations for their own performance, measured by their rate of volunteering, can be increased. The experiment is closely modeled after laboratory experiments with adults in formal expectation theory. White middle class suburban children of grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 participated in a story-telling task. In…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Expectation, Middle Class, Performance
Peer reviewedFrasure, Nancy E.; Entwisle, Doris R. – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition, Lower Class
Entwisle, Doris R.; Webster, Murray, Jr. – 1974
A study was conducted of how children's expectations for their own school performance develop over their first-grade year and what factors influence these expectations. Expectations for performance in reading and arithmetic were studied. Both middle class and lower class (black and white) children have higher expectations than their subsequent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Entwisle, Doris R.; Hayduk, Leslie Alec – 1978
This paper focuses on the scholastic achievement of five cohorts of white, middle-class children as they progressed through their first grade year of an elementary school. Multiwave data on several hundred children were gathered, from just before they entered first grade to the end of that grade in an attempt to clarify the process of early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Entwisle, Doris R.; Hayduk, Leslie A. – 1975
This study examined: (1) the expectations of black and white lower class first graders for their own performance in reading, arithmetic, and conduct; (2) racial differences in the relationship between parental expectations and IQ; (3) correlation between the absences and lateness of first graders with reading and arithmetic marks and with parental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior, Blacks, Elementary Education
Berkeley, Muriel V.; Entwisle, Doris R. – 1979
This is an intensive observational study of teacher behavior in six kindergartens in three schools. The schools were picked to be typical examples of a white middle class suburban school, an integrated lower class urban school, and a black lower class urban school. In all three schools teachers used the greatest proportion of class time (from 33…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Entwisle, Doris R.; And Others – 1978
In an effort to understand the schooling process, a longitudinal study was conducted of children enrolled in three elementary schools. Children entering first grade in a middle class white school, an integrated lower class school, and an all-black lower class school were followed to the end of third grade. This final report of the study presents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Black Students, Cognitive Measurement
