EJ412238 RC507903
Title: The Family's Influence on Achievement in Japan and the United
States.Author(s): Holloway, Susan D.; And Others
Source: Comparative Education Review, v34 n2 p196-208 May 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Notes: Special section with title "Focus on Academic Achievement."
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1990
A study of
91 Japanese and American preschool children and followup at grade
5 or 6 focused on the effects on academic achievement of 2 sets
of variables: mother's early microlevel parenting behaviors and
interactions with child, and mother's values concerning child's
achievement and school legitimacy. Contains 38 references. (SV)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Comparative Education; Cross
Cultural Studies; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education;
*Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies;
Mother Attitudes; *Mothers; Parent Aspiration; *Parent Influence;
Parent Role; *Parent Student Relationship; Parents as Teachers
Identifiers: *Japan; *United States
