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Yazici Arici, Elçin; Keskin, Hasan Kagan – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2023
The study aims to examine whether the interaction of parents' education and income levels has a significant effect on the creativity scores of preschool children. The research was conducted in a district of Ankara, where parents are thought to vary in terms of income and education level. 123 children studying in independent kindergartens…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Creativity, Parent Background
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Jing Yin; Yan Ding; Maolei Song – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper reports a study that used a quantitative method to explore literacy planning in Chinese kindergartener families as well as the influences of socioeconomic status (SES) on it. The conceptual framework of family language policy (FLP), which consists of three components--language ideology, language management, and language practice, was…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Kindergarten, Socioeconomic Status, Family Environment
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Gao, Miao; Luo, Li – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
Home-based parental involvement is widely considered to be associated with early learning outcomes. However, previous research has heavily focused on school-age children and has relied heavily on Western samples. After China relaxed its one-child policy in 2013, the impact on Chinese families became visible. This study analyzes the data of 3272…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Expectation, Socioeconomic Status
Joann L. Moore; Joyce Z. Schnieders – ACT Education Corp., 2025
This study investigated the value of ACT Composite scores and high school GPA (HSGPA) in predicting first-year college GPA (FYGPA) and degree completion of students with disabilities who took the ACT with accommodations and enrolled at a two-year or four-year public institution in a single state in the southern US. Descriptive analyses found that…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Grade Point Average, High School Students
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Chiu, Mei-Shiu – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
This study proposes a family psychobiosocial model on gender differences in cognitive development. Specifically, the aim is to investigate how family biological, socioeconomic, and psychological factors predict child mathematics achievement (MAch) development. The data were obtained from the Millennium Cohort Study. Children's pattern construction…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cognitive Development, Socioeconomic Influences, Psychological Patterns
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Peter Njunge Mwangi; Ciriaka Muriithi Gitonga; Samuel Nduati Kariuki – Education 3-13, 2024
This study critically investigates the social economic predictors of parental involvement in rural schools in Kenya and its implications on teaching and learning. Education is a major foundation for socioeconomic growth and the provision of quality education. However, teaching and learning are affected by various socioeconomic factors that this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Parent Participation, Rural Schools
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Cinar, Eda; Fitzpatrick, Caroline; Almeida, Maíra Lopes; Camden, Chantal; Garon-Carrier, Gabrielle – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
This study investigated the contribution of fine and gross motor skills to academic and attentional performance at school entry among 832 boys and girls. Children were tested on their fine and gross motor skills (locomotor, object control) and their academic performance in receptive vocabulary, number knowledge, and attentional skills at 6 to 7…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Academic Achievement, Attention, Young Children
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Senol, Fatma Betül; Akyol, Tugçe – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
In this study, it was aimed to determine whether the children aged 60-72 months were in the risk group for early literacy skills, and whether their certain socio-demographic characteristics are effective on their early literacy skills. In line with this purpose, the study was conducted using the relational screening method in the spring semester…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Preschool Children
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Eveline L. de Zeeuw; Kees-Jan Kan; Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt; Hamdi Mbarek; Jouke-Jan Hottenga; Gareth E. Davies; Michael C. Neale; Conor V. Dolan; Dorret I. Boomsma – npj Science of Learning, 2019
Parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a strong predictor of children's educational achievement (EA), with an increasing effect throughout development. Inequality in educational outcomes between children from different SES backgrounds exists in all Western countries. It has been proposed that a cause of this inequality lies in the interplay…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Twins, Academic Achievement
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Krygsman, Amanda; Farrell, Ann H.; Brittain, Heather; Vaillancourt, Tracy – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
We examined the dynamic interplay of depression symptoms, mattering (i.e., self-evaluation of importance or significance to others), and anti-mattering across four years of development in young adulthood (age 20-23; N = 452) using a cross-lagged panel model (CLPM). Support for a transactional model between anti-mattering and depression symptoms…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Value Judgment, Young Adults
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Lemessa, Reta; Senbeto, Temesgen; Alemayehu, Endale; Gemechu, Negesse – Cogent Education, 2023
In improving the quality of education, parents' involvement is very significant. Parents' involvement is one of the three responsibilities for realizing the best quality. This study attempts to explore parents' involvement in education activities for improving their children's academic achievement. A sample of 292 households was selected from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Quality, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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Oyefuga, Emiola; Shakeshaft, Charol – Youth & Society, 2023
This article aims to show the influence of social capital on the academic achievement of American students. Using data from Waves I and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), this study explored how one of the domains of social capital, the family, makes a difference to educational outcomes in higher…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Outcomes of Education, Family Income, Academic Achievement
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Thao-Trang Huynh-Cam; Long-Sheng Chen; Tzu-Chuen Lu – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to use enrollment information including demographic, family background and financial status, which can be gathered before the first semester starts, to construct early prediction models (EPMs) and extract crucial factors associated with first-year student dropout probability. Design/methodology/approach: The real-world…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Dropout Characteristics
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Çakiroglu, Temel – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine university students' quality of life and perceptions of exercise benefits and barriers according to the variables of department, class, family income, mother's education and father's education status. The research was designed in relational screening model. In this context, a total of 162 female university…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Females, Quality of Life
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Rebecca Bier – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Socioeconomic gaps in children's academic and social skills are large upon Kindergarten entry (von Hippel, Workman, and Downey 2018; Reardon 2011; Reardon and Portilla 2016). Preschool programs may yield particularly large benefits to low-income students and racially minoritized groups and may be promising for reducing inequalities…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Socioeconomic Status, Kindergarten, Low Income Students
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