Self Concept and Socio-Economic Status in Elementary School Children

1972 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma Trowbridge
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Socio Economic Status

scholarly journals The relation between home numeracy practices and a variety of math skills in elementary school children

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0255400
Author(s):  
Cléa Girard ◽  
Thomas Bastelica ◽  
Jessica Léone ◽  
Justine Epinat-Duclos ◽  
Léa Longo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Mental Arithmetic ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Academic Expectations ◽  
Math Skills ◽  
Academic Attitudes ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
At Home

A growing number of studies suggest that the frequency of numeracy experiences that parents provide at home may relate to children’s mathematical development. However, the relation between home numeracy practices and children’s numerical skills is complex and might depend upon both the type and difficulty of activities, as well as the type of math skills. Studies have also argued that this relation may be driven by factors that are not systematically controlled for in the literature, including socio-economic status (SES), parental math skills and children’s IQ. Finally, as most prior studies have focused on preschoolers, it remains unclear to what extent there remains a relation between the home numeracy environment and math skills when children are in elementary school. In the present study, we tested an extensive range of math skills in 66 8-year-olds, including non-symbolic quantity processing, symbolic number understanding, transcoding, counting, and mental arithmetic. We also asked parents to complete a questionnaire about their SES, academic expectations, academic attitudes, and the numeracy practices that they provide at home. Finally, we measured their arithmetic fluency as a proxy for parental math skills. Over and above differences in socio-economic status, parental arithmetic fluency, child’s IQ, and time spent with the child, we found a positive relation between the frequency of formal numeracy practices that were at or above grade level and two separate measures of mental arithmetic. We further found that the frequency of these advanced formal numeracy practices was related to parents’ academic expectations. Therefore, our study shows that home numeracy experiences predict arithmetic skills in elementary school children, but only when those activities are formal and sufficiently challenging for children.

Some Social Variables in Conceptual Style Preference

1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-454
Author(s):  
D. A. Roach
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Size ◽  
School Children ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Socio Economic Status

The effects of socio-economic status, fathers’ absence, family size, and birth order on the preference for conceptual style of Grade 6 elementary school children in Jamaica, West Indies, were examined. The 206 boys and 212 girls were from 5 urban schools. The Conceptual Style Test and a questiononaire were administered. Analytic conceptual style was significantly and positively correlated with socio-economic status for girls but not for boys. The relations between preference for conceptual style and the other variables were nonsignificant.

Reading, writing, and math self-concept in elementary school children: influence of dimensional comparison processes

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Henning Ehm ◽  
Sven Lindberg ◽  
Marcus Hasselhorn
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Self Concept

A Control-Value Theory Approach: Relationships Between Academic Self-Concept, Interest, and Test Anxiety in Elementary School Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 887-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Lohbeck ◽  
Dennis Nitkowski ◽  
Franz Petermann
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Control Value
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