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Marsh, Herbert W.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Guo, Jiesi; Hattie, John; Karin, Eyal – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Conventional wisdom suggests that parents' educational expectations (how far they expect their children to go) and aspirations (how far they want their children to go) positively impact academic outcomes and benefits from attending high-ability schools. However, here we juxtapose the following: largely positive effects of educational expectations…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Aspiration, Student Attitudes
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Krebs, Elfriede – Contemporary Education, 1983
This study investigated the relationships among vocational, moral, and social development in ninth- and twelfth-grade students to clarify the psychological and psychosocial nature of vocational maturity. The effects of age differences and sex differences are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Grade 12, Grade 9
Liss, Marsha B. – 1980
A questionnaire attempting to define adolescence from the adolescent's view was administered to 300 students, 50 males and 50 females in each of 3 grades (grades 6, 9, and 12). The questionnaire examined (1) ages perceived as dividing points between adolescence, childhood and adulthood; (2) tasks seen as most important in advancing from one period…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitudes