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Niklas, Frank; Schneider, Wolfgang – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2014
Mathematical competencies are important not only for academic achievement at school but also for professional success later in life. Although we know a lot about the impact of "Home Literacy Environment" on the development of early linguistic competencies, research on "Home Numeracy Environment" (HNE) and the assessment of its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Literacy, Mathematics Skills
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Schuchart, Claudia – Educational Studies, 2013
This article intends to identify the effects of school social capital on the educational plans of students, particularly those staying in school and obtaining an intermediate certificate. It is hypothesised that social capital helps to explain individual educational plans and differences between schools regarding the amount of students with…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Social Capital, Hypothesis Testing, Teacher Expectations of Students
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Schmitt-Rodermund, Eva; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Career Development Quarterly, 1998
Compares adolescents from East Germany who experienced an educational system offering little choice with adolescents from West Germany who experienced more leeway to investigate career maturity. East German adolescents reported more career maturity. Person-related variables predicted career maturity in both groups; family and peer context were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Context Effect, Cultural Context
Booth, Alan, Ed.; Crouter, Ann C., Ed.; Shanahan, Michael J., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 17 papers devoted to the following four aspects of the transition to adulthood: effects of alterations in the structure of opportunity; effects of prior experiences in the family; effects of prior experience in the workplace; and career development and marriage formation during a period of rising inequality. The following papers…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Beliefs