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David Stevenson
Researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science
Publications - 62
Citations - 3594
David Stevenson is an academic researcher from London School of Economics and Political Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interwar period & Decolonization. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 61 publications receiving 3469 citations. Previous affiliations of David Stevenson include University of Cambridge & The Catholic University of America.
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The ambitious generation : America's teenagers, motivated but directionless
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The family-school relation and the child's school performance.
David Stevenson,David P. Baker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relation between parental involvement in schooling and the child's school performance and found that the higher the educational status of the mother, the greater the degree of parental involvement.
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Mothers' Strategies for Children's School Achievement: Managing the Transition to High School.
David P. Baker,David Stevenson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that mothers with a college education are more likely to choose college-preparatory courses for their child, regardless of their child's academic performance, and that the implementation of strategies does vary by the socioeconomic status of the mother.
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Shadow Education and Allocation in Formal Schooling: Transition to University in Japan
David Stevenson,David P. Baker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a longitudinal study of high school seniors in Japan indicated that students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds were more likely to participate in shadow education and that students who participate in certain forms of shadow education are more likely than others to attend university.
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Sequences of Opportunities for Learning.
TL;DR: This article found that the level or topics of mathematics that students studied in the eighth grade is closely related to what the students take in high school, independent of their academic performance, which is not the case with science.