scholarly journals Non-intellectual predictors of achievement in mathematics

2003 ◽  
pp. 166-179
Author(s):  
Nikoleta Milosevic ◽  
Dragan Janjetovic
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
International Study ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Achievement In Mathematics

Findings presented herein are a part of a large international study of primary school final grade student achievement in mathematics and science (TIMSS 2003). Studies were also conducted on the degree of correlation between student family socioeconomic status, mathematical self-concept and achievement in mathematics. Pilot studies, whose findings are discussed comprised 112 seventh-grade students. "Family socioeconomic status" was defined by variables such as the number of family members, economically disadvantaged/affluent home, and parental educational status. "Mathematical self-concept" was defined as one of the more narrow domains of academic self-concept. "Achievement in mathematics" was measured by the test assessing two dimensions of knowledge of mathematics: content and cognitive skills. The analyses of partial correlations indicate that the most significant predictors of achievement in mathematics test are as follows mathematical self-concept, mother?s educational status and some indicators of family socioeconomic status (access to the Internet, number of household members, number of books available at home). Concerning the correlation found between family characteristics and mathematical self-concept and achievement in mathematics, the developers of current changes in mathematics teaching should not disregard the findings of this study.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Status, Parental Education, School Connectedness and Individual Socio-Cultural Resources in Vulnerability for Drug Use among Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilberto Gerra ◽  
Elisa Benedetti ◽  
Giuliano Resce ◽  
Roberta Potente ◽  
Arianna Cutilli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Patterns Of Use

Background and Aims: Families who live in a disadvantaged socioeconomic situation frequently face substandard housing, unsafe neighborhoods, inadequate schools and more stress in their daily lives than more affluent families, with a host of psychological and developmental consequences that can hinder their children’s development in many ways. However, the measurement of socioeconomic status among youth and its link with different forms of illicit substance use is challenging and still unclear. This paper extends existing research on the relationship between socioeconomic status and illicit drug use among adolescents by focusing on three different patterns of use (experimental, episodic and frequent) and making use of two indicators to improve the measurement of individual socioeconomic characteristics in a big sample of European students. Methods: Data were drawn from the European school Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD), which, since 1995, collects comparable data among 15-to-16-year-old students to monitor trends in drug use and other risk behaviors across Europe. The sample comes from 28 countries that participated in the 2015 data collection. The consumption of cannabis, cocaine and heroin are considered, and the related patterns are identified based on the frequency of use. Family characteristics at student level are defined through two dimensions: parental educational level and perceived socioeconomic status. Multivariate multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression was performed in order to measure the association between individual characteristics and vulnerability for drug use. Results: Some patterns of use, episodic and frequent in particular, were found strongly associated with a lower socioeconomic status and lower parental education. Conclusions: Our results suggest that drug policies should be combined with actions aimed at removing barriers to social inclusion that are attributable to the socioeconomic background of adolescents.

scholarly journals Associations among family socioeconomic status, EEG power at birth, and cognitive skills during infancy

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie H. Brito ◽  
William P. Fifer ◽  
Michael M. Myers ◽  
Amy J. Elliott ◽  
Kimberly G. Noble
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Eeg Power

Family socioeconomic status and parental expectations affect mathematics achievement in a national sample of Chilean students

2020 ◽  
pp. 016502542096573
Author(s):  
Marine Hascoët ◽  
Valentina Giaconi ◽  
Ludivine Jamain
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Parental Expectations ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Expectancy Value ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status

Family socioeconomic status (SES) has a significant influence on children’s academic success and is related to parents’ attitudes toward education. Moreover, according to the expectancy-value theory, parental expectations are linked to their children’s perceptions of school, which, in turn, influences the way their children invest themselves in education. In this study, we aimed to test a part of the theorical expectancy-value family socialization model that links family SES and parental expectations and explore their influences on children’s mathematics self-concept and achievement. This study was conducted in the Chilean context, which is characterized by strong neoliberal educational policies that induce a strong relationship between family economic resources and children’s educational trajectories. We utilized a longitudinal design, and our study sample ( N = 157,814 Chilean students) came from a national assessment that was conducted from 2007 to 2013 when students were in their 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Our results showed that, while controlling for children’s previous mathematics achievement, their final mathematics achievement was influenced by children’s mathematics self-concept, the family socioeconomic and educational context, and parental expectations regarding their children’s academic achievement. Our findings also highlighted that Chilean parents base their expectations on parents’ capacity to support their children’s education as much as on their children’s previous academic achievement.

Family socioeconomic status and Chinese preschoolers’ social skills: Examining underlying family processes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 969-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongling Wu ◽  
Bi Ying Hu ◽  
Huiping Wu ◽  
Adam Winsler ◽  
Liang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Family Processes ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status

scholarly journals Conceptual causal models of socioeconomic status, family structure, family functioning and their role in public health

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Booysen ◽  
Ferdi Botha ◽  
Edwin Wouters
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Determinant ◽  
Causal Models ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Determinant Of Health

AbstractSocial determinants of health frameworks are standard tools in public health. These frameworks for the most part omit a crucial factor: the family. Socioeconomic status moreover is a prominent social determinant of health. Insofar as family functioning is poorer in poor families and family structure and functioning are linked to health, it is critical to consider the pathways between these four constructs. In this correspondence, we reflect on how empirical studies of this conceptual nexus mirror two causal models. We conclude by reflecting on future directions for research in this field.

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