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ERIC Number: EJ516979
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
The Impact of Pre-School Children's Intelligence and Adjustment on Their Parents' Long-Term Educational Expectations.
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; And Others
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v15 n2 p141-48 May 1995
Reports on a study of 36 mothers and children to determine the role played by preschool children's intellectual and behavioral characteristics on their parents' expectations for school performance. Finds that children whose parents had lower expectations came from lower social classes and tended to be boys. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Child Development, Educational Attainment, Expectation, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Preschool Education, Sex Differences, Social Class, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Parent Expectations; United Kingdom