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Tierney, I,; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Test results from five-year-olds showed significant social class effects on all cognitive abilities but significant sex differences on only motor ability. Children with mixed or not-established hand preference had significantly lower general cognitive ability than right handers. (CMG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Sex Differences

Thomas, Alexander – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1984
The research papers in the current Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (Vol. 30, No. 2) invitational issue on temperament are examined from the perspective of previous research and the indications they provide for critical unsolved issues concerning temperament. (Author)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Foreign Countries, Inhibition, Personality

Lim, Swee Eng; Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Used Smilansky and Parten/Piaget play measures to assess social class and sex differences in Singapore preschoolers' play at home and preschool centers. Found that parallel and functional play were higher at home than in centers and associative/cooperative play was higher in centers than homes. Smilansky scores were higher at centers than homes,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Day Care, Foreign Countries, Play

Teese, Richard – History of Education Quarterly, 1989
Explores the extent to which diverse school populations truly benefited from the creation of a mass system of public high schools in Australia. Uses the Melbourne Public High School to assess the higher drop-out rate for girls and the influence of social class on access to a high school education. (KO)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Public Education

Facio, Alicia; Micocci, Fabiana – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Examined conceptions of emerging adulthood among Argentinians in their middle twenties. Found wide support for individualistic criteria for adulthood, but also criteria suggesting more collectivistic values. Identified gender, social class origin, and educational attainment differences. Concluded that emerging adulthood is a distinct developmental…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Developmental Stages

Bar-Yam, Miriam; And Others – American Journal of Education, 1980
Kohlberg's moral dilemmas were used to determine levels of moral reasoning among 115 adolescents representing urban middle class and lower class, kibbutz-born and Youth Aliyah (disadvantaged urban youth educated in the kibbutz), Moslem and Christian groups in Israel. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment

Ho, David Y. F. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Reviews literature on Chinese patterns of socialization. Discusses methodological issues with respect to continuity versus change through time, and variation across geographical locations, systematically considering variables of gender, age, and social class. Concludes that departures from traditional pattern in different locations are evident,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Change, Chinese Culture, Folk Culture

Rogers, Dwight L. – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Using naturalistic observation, investigates the social behavior, levels of social participation, and sex differences of kindergarten children as they played with blocks. Uses both unit blocks and large, hollow blocks to gain a more complete understanding of the relationship between block play and social development. (DST)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Group Activities

Marjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Regression surface analysis was used to examine sex group differences in relationships between family environments and academic achievement at different levels of intellectual ability for children from different Australian social groups. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment

Markus, Elliot J.; Barasch, Miriam – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1982
A study attempted to develop an instrument for assessing social integration of ethnic groups in the classroom. Sociometric questionnaires were used to ask second-grade students to choose classmates whose company they most preferred. Preliminary findings indicate that gender is a more divisive factor within the classroom than ethnicity. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Desegregation, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups

Stubbe, Maria; Holmes, Janet – Language & Communication, 1995
Examined the frequency and type of pragmatic devices used in oral New Zealand English, based on analysis of the Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English. It found "you know" and "eh" were both found more frequently in working-class than middle-class speech. Other age, gender, and class distinctions are discussed. (45…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, English

Kakavoulis, Alexandros – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Used Academic Motivation Self-Rating Inventory to examine Greek student motives for school learning at end of primary school and how motives are differentiated during transition to secondary school. Found that academic motivation increased upon secondary-school entry and was not related to student's gender or socioeconomic status. Primary0school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Fathers

Mack, Delores E. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1978
The data from the interviews indicated that, in most areas of family life, the middle-income couples had different attitudes and behavior patterns from the urban and rural low-income couples. The data also indicated that husbands and wives seldom agreed in either their marital attitudes or reported behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: African Culture, Attitude Change, Family Life, Foreign Countries

Pfeffer, Karen; Olowu, A. A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Examines the effects of socialization on the size of Yoruba children's drawings of a man and a woman through use of the Draw a Person test. Findings support the prediction that male figures were drawn relatively larger than female figures only in the low income group, reflecting the gender inequality that appears typical of the Yoruba social…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Lower Class, Middle Class
Henricksen, Hildur Ve – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1981
Working-class girls in the Norwegian educational system are viewed in relation to sex-specific and class-specific socialization. The relationship perpetuates the suppression of the working class and maintains class distinctions. The general differences between social classes are described, and the familism of working-class women is examined. (JN)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Educational Sociology, Family Influence, Females