The Moderator Role of Socioeconomic Status on the Relationship Between Concerted Cultivation and Academic Performance

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Social and Cultural Contexts in Learning and Instruction

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate whether socioeconomic status moderates the relationship between parents’ concerted cultivation practices and students’ academic performance in 2nd grade. To measure concerted cultivation, total scores of parental perceptions of their responsibilities toward their child, participation in organized activities, and parents’ relationships with social institutions, were calculated. Using nationally representative sample (N= 9841) from ECLS-K: 2011, multiple regression analyses have been conducted for reading, math and science scores. Controlling for SES, cognitive stimulation at home, and parental educational expectations, both parental involvement in school and children’s organized activities were associated with children’s reading, math and science scores. The socioeconomic status moderated the relationship between organized activities’ participation and reading scores as well as science scores.

Author

• Ayse Cobanoglu, Yale University