PS276 Lecture 6: chapters 6 & 7
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Harold stevenson"s research on cross cultural differences in school achievement: Us stuents at parallel levels of educational and family backgrounds score lower than students in japan and china esp in mathematics and science. Time spent working, watching tv, and socializing w friends were negatively related to school performance in all 3 cultures (american, japanese, chinese) and factors were all higher among. Americans don"t spend as much time studying and it shows. Little indication that asians suffer psychologically from their educational experiences more than north american counterparts. Focused on how students experience the transition from high school to adulthood, and the family and peer factors that might predict how easily this transition takes place. 75% of kw 12th graders reported working at least part time. The more hours students worked, the lower their gpa. Males work more hours than females in kw, those from catholic school board worked longer hours.
