Authoritative parenting, parental scaffolding of long-division mathematics, and children's academic competence in fourth grade

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-106

  Mattanah, Jonathan F ^a,c   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Cowan, Philip A ^c   Cowan, Carolyn P ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritative parenting; Children's academic competence; Longitudinal study; Parent child interaction; Scaffolding behavior

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 11244322287     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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