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Pesando, Luca Maria; Wolf, Sharon; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward – Comparative Education Review, 2020
Low-cost private schools are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa and are often perceived by parents to be of better quality than public schools. This article assesses the interplay between kindergarten (or preschool) choice, household resources, and children's school readiness in Ghana. We examine how child, household, and school characteristics…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Private Education, Parent Attitudes, School Choice
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Pezdek, Kathy; Berry, Tiffany; Renno, Paul A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Examines the accuracy of parents' assessment of their children's mathematics performance and how this relates to the time parents spend on children's homework. Results reveal that the time parents spent helping their children with mathematics homework was unrelated to children's mathematics performance, parents' predictions of their children's…
Descriptors: Homework, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement, Parent Attitudes
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Cooper, Harris; Lindsay, James J.; Nye, Barbara; Greathouse, Scott – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998
The amount of homework assigned and completed, and attitudes about homework, were studied through questionnaires completed by 709 students, their parents, and 82 teachers. Differences in student, parent, and teacher perceptions of the amount of homework assigned and completed are discussed. In the lower grades, amount of homework completed helped…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grades (Scholastic)