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ERIC Number: ED180788
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 27
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Parental Influences on Junior High School Girls' Mathematical Expectancies and Course Plans.
Parsons, Jacquelynne E.; And Others
This project investigated the determinants of one's decision to take or not to take mathematics. Conclusions of the study include: (1) parents do have sex-differentiated perceptions of their children's mathematics aptitude despite the similarity in actual performance of boys and girls; and (2) parents as role models of sex-differentiated mathematical behaviors do not have a direct effect on their children's self concepts, expectations, or course plans. (MK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Educational Research, Expectation, Females, Junior High School Students, Nontraditional Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (New York, NY, 1979); Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document