Elliott, Leanne
(2015)
Parents’ Educational Beliefs and Children’s Early Academic Skills: Examining How Beliefs Operate across the SES Continuum.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
In this study, we tested whether associations between parents’ educational beliefs and growth in their children’s achievement in kindergarten were moderated by socioeconomic status (SES) and whether this moderation effect was mediated by parental enrichment practices. Participants included 13,400 children drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) and their parents. Educational beliefs included parents’ beliefs about the skills necessary for a child entering kindergarten and parents’ expectations for their children’s eventual educational attainment. SES was operationalized as both income and parental educational attainment, and enrichment was measured as academically-related practices in the home and community. Educational beliefs were significantly and positively related to achievement, such that children whose parents rated early skills as more important and held higher expectations for their children tended to have higher math and reading scores at the end of kindergarten. A marginally significant interaction emerged between school readiness beliefs and income such that beliefs were less predictive of achievement at higher levels of income. In addition, both school readiness beliefs and expectations were positively related to home enrichment practices, but only expectations were associated with community enrichment practices. However, neither enrichment measure mediated the educational beliefs by SES interaction. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
5 October 2015 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
24 June 2015 |
| Approval Date: |
5 October 2015 |
| Submission Date: |
4 August 2015 |
| Access Restriction: |
1 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 1 year. |
| Number of Pages: |
70 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
MS - Master of Science |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
educational beliefs, academic achievement, SES, kindergarten, school readiness |
| Date Deposited: |
05 Oct 2015 13:13 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 14:29 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25757 |
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