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Download full textBlumenthal, Janet B. – 1985
Sixty-two socioculturally homogeneous, low-income black mother/child pairs were tested and observed when the infants were 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months of age to determine the relationship between variability in parenting attitudes, skills, and behaviors and consequent variability in children's intellectual development. As expected, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Mothers, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development
PDF pending restorationGriffin, Larry J. – 1976
A study was conducted to identify important background, schooling, and labor force participation determinants of socioeconomic achievement (occupational position, earnings, work satisfaction). Two questions underlaid the analyses: Does social background directly affect material and psychological success in the labor market? And, if so, what are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Educational Experience, Employment Experience
Fine, Marvin J.; Holt, Penni – 1981
Children in a family system establish their identities through the interplay of roles and relationships. As they move from home into school, children become a part of another system. Both systems overlap and events in one system may affect the child's behavior in the other system. A systematic understanding of a child's behavior considers the…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Counseling, Family Influence
Fowlkes, Martha R. – 1980
The way in which the lives of spouses of professional men form an integral part of their husbands' careers is addressed, based on an analysis of the lives and marriages of 40 women: 20 wives of university professors and 20 wives of doctors. Through in-depth interviews with the wives, the connections between family and work were explored. The…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
Nelken, Ira; Gallo, Kathleen – 1978
Factors influencing migrant students in decisions to drop out or graduate from high school were determined in interviews with 24 dropouts and potential dropouts and 22 students who had graduated. Profiles were compiled on each group. Data were collected from twelfth grade migrant students in northern California. The main appeal of school to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts
Lupidi, Helena R. – 1976
Sex-related variations in the formation of educational and occupational aspirations of fifth and ninth grade Brazilian boys and girls were assessed via comparison of their academic performance, level of occupational and educational goals, and about the influence of family, peers, and teachers in shaping these goals. Data were collected on 1,950…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Martin, M. Josephine – 1980
The role of health educators in integrating child nutrition programs into school health education is discussed and issues attending such programs are considered. The importance of breakfast and lunch programs in the school is stressed with particular emphasis on using these programs to instruct children in sound nutritional practices. It is…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Breakfast Programs, Childhood Needs, Community Attitudes
Slocum, Walter L. – 1976
Data that were collected at various times during the period 1952-1971 were brought together to portray some of the important norms that guided the attitudes and actions of high school and college students in Washington. Family culture and delinquency data collected from 3,242 high school students in 1957, 1958, and 1959 dealt with teenage…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Career Education, Career Planning
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1979
Students' reported reasons for academic success or failure (categorized as ability, effort, task difficulty, or luck) were studied simultaneously in over 1,000 students in grades 4, 8, and 11. Differences between 16 attributional groups (4 success x 4 failure) were reported by discriminant analysis, according to grade, sex, and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anxiety, Attribution Theory
DUNCAN, JAMES A.; KREITLOW, BURTON W. – 1956
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE ATTITUDES OF 19 PAIRS OF WISCONSIN GROUPS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, FARMING PRACTICES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPATION. EACH PAIR OF RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS CONSISTED OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMOGENOUS IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION, AND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HETEROGENOUS IN THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. PERSONAL…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Trends, Attitudes, Coordination
Hough, Richard L.; And Others – 1968
High school students and heads of households in rural areas of Illinois were studied with respect to their attitudes toward Negroes. The hypothesis used was that a youth subculture or "contra-culture" did serve as an important socializing agent in forming the attitudes of students toward Negroes. Results indicated that there was only…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Blacks, Family Attitudes, Family Influence
Cohen, Andrew D.; Rodrigues-Brown, Flora – 1977
This phase of the downstate Illinois bilingual education program included: locating all past data still in existence in 1976; determining what data were actually retrievable and usable; reporting on these data retrospectively; and finally, collecting new data for a continuing longitudinal study. There were 44 school districts with 4,579 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Data Collection
Hansen, Kenneth H., Ed. – 1977
Eleven essays explore the educational effects of social forces and agencies outside of the formal school environment. Speakers at the 1977 Chief State School Officers' Institute examined how these social forces can be used to enhance the work of the American school system. Speakers represented schools of education, research institutes, media…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Puffer, Geneva – 1976
This study compared the sex role attitudes of 32 children (in grades K-2) from "traditional" homes (in which mothers stressed socialization toward standard cultural sex roles) with the attitudes of 34 children of the same ages from "non-traditional" homes (in which mothers stressed non-sexist socialization). Children responded to three attitude…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Child Rearing
Goodwin, Leonard – 1977
Selected research on the Work Incentive Program (WIN), legislated in 1967, and related research on low income families are reviewed with the aim of gathering empirical findings which illuminate the factors affecting WIN results and to contribute to discussion of future welfare, work training, and employment policies. Areas of research and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Family Influence, Financial Needs
