An integrative model for the study of developmental competencies in minority children

CG Coll, K Crnic, G Lamberty, BH Wasik… - Child …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, a conceptual model for the study of child development in minority populations
in the United States is proposed. In support of the proposed model, this article includes (a) a …

Why do parents become involved in their children's education?

KV Hoover-Dempsey… - Review of educational …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews psychological theory and research critical to understanding why parents
become involved in their children's elementary and secondary education. Three major …

[BOOK][B] Learning theories an educational perspective

DH Schunk - 2012 - researchgate.net
The study of human learning continues to develop and expand. As researchers from various
theoretical traditions test their ideas and hypotheses in basic and applied settings, their …

Self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, and achievement in writing: A review of the literature

F Pajares - Reading &Writing Quarterly, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this article is to examine the contribution made by the self-efficacy
component of A. Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory to the study of writing in academic …

[PDF][PDF] Current directions in self-efficacy research

F Pajares - Advances in motivation and achievement, 1997 - techofcomm.wordpress.com
Two decades have now passed since Bandura (1977) first introduced the construct of self-
efficacy with the seminal publication of" Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of …

[BOOK][B] Promises I can keep: Why poor women put motherhood before marriage

K Edin, M Kefalas - 2011 - books.google.com
" This is the most important study ever written on motherhood and marriage among low-
income urban women. Edin and Kefalas's timely, engaging, and well-written book is a …

[BOOK][B] The nurture assumption: Why children turn out the way they do

JR Harris - 2011 - books.google.com
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK How much credit do parents deserve when their
children turn out welt? How much blame when they turn out badly? Judith Rich Harris has a …

Parent involvement, cultural capital, and the achievement gap among elementary school children

JS Lee, NK Bowen - American educational research journal, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined the level and impact of five types of parent involvement on elementary
school children's academic achievement by race/ethnicity, poverty, and parent educational …

[BOOK][B] Development of achievement motivation

A Wigfield, JS Eccles - 2002 - books.google.com
This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress
through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect …

[CITATION][C] Self-beliefs and school success: Self-efficacy, self-concept, and school achievement

F Pajares - Perception/Ablex, 2001 - books.google.com
At the turn of the twentieth century, when American psychology began to take its place
among the other academic disciplines, there was much interest in the role that self-beliefs …