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Download full textClay, Daniel C. – 1976
Using data obtained from recent cross-national and longitudinal studies, the link between family influences and the traditional patterns of school achievement were assessed in terms of rural educational mobility and sex differentials within the context of the "sponsored" system of Norway's schools and the "contest" system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Kusimo, Patricia S. – 1997
This paper examines the interests, perceptions, and participation of 16 African American girls in a program designed to improve girls' persistence in science, mathematics, and technology (SMT). The girls are among 33 African American and 73 total original participants in "Rural and Urban Images: Voices of Girls in Science, Mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Exploration, Early Adolescents, Educational Attitudes
