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Direct linkGoulart, Pedro; Bedi, Arjun S. – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
A large body of work in educational economics displays the tenuous relationship between school inputs and cognitive achievement. Among others, the inability to establish a strong link has been attributed to the difficulty of controlling for attributes such as ability, motivation, and interest. Against this background, and inspired by work in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Success, Educational Attitudes
Download full textZarrett, Nicole; Veliz, Phillip; Sabo, Don – Women's Sports Foundation, 2020
This is one of the first studies of its kind to systematically examine processes influencing youth entry, retention, and dropout from sports. To accomplish this objective, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF), in partnership with The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation, commissioned a national survey about the participation and experiences of youth in…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes
Kinos, Jarmo; Robertson, Leena; Barbour, Nancy; Pukk, Maarika – Childhood Education, 2016
The Convention on the Rights of the Child calls for children to be treated as human beings with a distinct set of rights, instead of as passive objects of care. They can and should be agents in their own lives. Child-initiated pedagogy recognizes this by respecting children's individual and collective views, interests, and motivations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Childrens Rights
Lukie, Ivanna K.; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Sowinski, Carla – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
Children's involvement in home literacy and numeracy activities has been linked to school achievement, but the subtleties in the home environment responsible for these gains have yet to be thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine how children's interests and collaborative parent-child interactions affect exposure to home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childhood Interests, Parent Child Relationship, Numeracy
Porfeli, Erik; Ferrari, Lea; Nota, Laura – Journal of Career Development, 2013
This study asserts a theoretical model of academic and work socialization within the family setting. The presumed associations between parents' work valences, children's work valences and valence perceptions, and children's academic interest and achievement are tested. The results suggest that children's perceptions of parents mediate the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Academic Achievement, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship
Li, Ishien; Onaga, Esther; Shen, Pao-Sheng; Chiou, Hua-Huei – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
Based on data collected from 211 elementary school children in central Taiwan over four years, the role of temperament in science achievement was examined with multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) with repeated measures design. The results revealed that the students' science achievement is stable over time. The task orientation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Persistence, Science Achievement, Reading Achievement
