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Download full textChristofides, Louis N.; Hoy, Michael; Milla, Joniada; Stengos, Thanasis – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
In this paper, we exploit a rich longitudinal data set to explore the forces that, during high school, shape the development of aspirations to attend university and achieve academic success. We then investigate how these aspirations, along with grades and other variables, impact educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. It…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need
Direct linkde Boer, Hester; van der Werf, Margaretha P. C. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
This article deals with the concept of misaligned parents' aspirations, its relationship with student background characteristics, and its effects on long-term student performance. It is defined as the difference between parents' educational ambitions for their child and the child's actual capacities. Multilevel regression analyses on a sample of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Aspiration, Parent Influence, Student Characteristics
Henderson, Anne, Ed. – 1981
An introduction and annotations of 37 research reports review evidence regarding the effect of parental involvement on student achievement in elementary and secondary education. The annotations cover studies from 1966 through 1980 that analyze such variables as family background and socioeconomic status, parent powerlessness, parents' expectations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
