Thesis
The effects of parental educational expectations of the use of shadow education: the case of SAT preparation
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102420
Abstract
Shadow education refers to supplementary educational activities outside formal schooling (Stevenson and Baker 1992). Prior research has documented socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in the use of SAT preparation, the most prominent form of shadow education for U.S. high school students. However, less attention has been given to the relationship between parents' educational expectations and students' adoption of SAT preparation strategies. Analyzing data from the Educational Longitudinal Study, this study finds that parents' educational expectations have positive effects on the use of shadow education. The higher parents' expectations for their children, the more likely the students use SAT preparation. Students' own educational expectations also positively predict the use of SAT preparation and partially mediate the effect of parents' expectations. These findings suggest that shadow education could be an important mechanism through which parental educational expectations positively affect children's educational achievement.
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- Title
- The effects of parental educational expectations of the use of shadow education
- Creators
- Yikang Bai
- Contributors
- Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525040301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis