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Mu, Guanglun Michael; Dooley, Karen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
The critical role that family plays in Chinese Heritage Language learning (CHLL) has gained increasing attention from psychological, political and sociological scholarships. Guided by Bourdieu's notion of "habitus", our mixed methods sociological study firstly addresses the need for quantitative evidence on the relationship between…
Descriptors: Chinese, Heritage Education, Mixed Methods Research, Family Involvement
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Grace, Rebekah; Bowes, Jennifer; Elcombe, Emma – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
To support national policy initiatives in early childhood education and to determine reasons for low enrolment in services from families in disadvantaged areas, the authors investigated the views and practices of 101 families from disadvantaged communities. Families with a child aged 3-5 years were recruited from urban, rural and remote areas of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Enrollment Trends, Economically Disadvantaged
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been conducted every four years since 1995, with the most recent assessment in 2011. PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international assessment of reading…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 4