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ERIC Number: EJ569616
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Parenting and Children's School Achievement: A Multiethnic Approach.
Okagaki, Lynn; Frensch, Peter A.
American Educational Research Journal, v35 n1 p123-44 Spr 1998
Studied relations between parenting and school performance of fourth and fifth graders in 75 Asian-American, 109 Latino, and 91 European-American families. Ethnic differences emerged in parents' expectations for education attainment and grades, childrearing beliefs, perceptions of parental efficacy, and in relations between these beliefs and children's school achievement. (Author/MAK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups, Grade 4, Grade 5, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Parent Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: European Americans; Latinos
Note: Research supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation and the Kinley Trust.