This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on cognitive (problem-solving and creativity) and non-cognitive (practical school skills and conforming) behaviours. Our research team hypothesised that, as the age of the parent increased, the importance placed on each covariant skill (problem solving, creativity, practical, conformity) would differ. It was further hypothesised that the importance placed on cognitive skills compared with noncognitive skills for six-year-old children would decrease. Our results indicate that, when controlling for demographics, as parents aged they did place different levels of importance on each of the cognitive skills but not the non-cognitive skills. Furtherm...
This quantitative research explores the differences in early childhood cognitive development levels ...
This study aims to assess the perception of parents of primary school children about the concerns th...
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children ...
This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on...
This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on...
In most multi-cultural Anglo-Saxon countries, children of Asian immigrants have higher academic achi...
The main aim of this paper is to assess how parents ’ literacy and numeracy affect the cognitive per...
This study examined Singaporean parents’ perspectives on how much they valued major curriculum skill...
This paper studies intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities from parents to children, h...
Parental involvement (PI) and child-rearing beliefs were examined amongst parents whose children att...
Parental involvement (PI) and child-rearing beliefs were examined amongst parents whose children att...
Parents of 480 Chinese preschoolers in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore reported on their involveme...
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that parents from a Chinese background would...
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children ...
Research into academic emphasis has revealed that Asian school children spend significantly more tim...
This quantitative research explores the differences in early childhood cognitive development levels ...
This study aims to assess the perception of parents of primary school children about the concerns th...
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children ...
This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on...
This study reports the importance 244 parents of six-year-old children living in Singapore placed on...
In most multi-cultural Anglo-Saxon countries, children of Asian immigrants have higher academic achi...
The main aim of this paper is to assess how parents ’ literacy and numeracy affect the cognitive per...
This study examined Singaporean parents’ perspectives on how much they valued major curriculum skill...
This paper studies intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities from parents to children, h...
Parental involvement (PI) and child-rearing beliefs were examined amongst parents whose children att...
Parental involvement (PI) and child-rearing beliefs were examined amongst parents whose children att...
Parents of 480 Chinese preschoolers in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore reported on their involveme...
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that parents from a Chinese background would...
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children ...
Research into academic emphasis has revealed that Asian school children spend significantly more tim...
This quantitative research explores the differences in early childhood cognitive development levels ...
This study aims to assess the perception of parents of primary school children about the concerns th...
Building on recent advances in the literature and using a rich data set for two cohorts of children ...