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Okagaki, Lynn; Sternberg, Robert J. – Child Development, 1993
Assessed the attitudes of 359 immigrant and native-born American parents of kindergarten through second-grade children about child rearing, education, and intelligence and their children's school performance. Found that parents' beliefs about conformity were negatively related to their children's school performance. (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Beliefs, Cambodians
Barrozo, Aurora C. – 1987
The myth of Asians as "the model minority" may hide the instructional needs of Asians and mislead policymakers. There is growing concern that Asians' low verbal scores are masked by their higher than average math scores and high school grade point averages. Principals and key staff at 12 (out of 20) schools identified as having…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians