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Saxe, Geoffrey B. And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1987
Reports on interplay between social and developmental processes in children's numerical understandings in working- and middle-class home settings. Methods included interviews with 78 children aged 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 years to assess their numerical understandings, interviews with the mothers about their children's everyday number activities, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Interpersonal Relationship
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Martini, Mary – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examines middle-class child-rearing philosophies and practices and their effect on children's academic success. Suggests that middle-class parenting practices reflect a coherent set of cultural beliefs about the relation of the individual to the group and about the parents' role in bringing children into the group. Suggests that these beliefs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Child Rearing, Middle Class