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Does living with a female head‐of‐household affect the arithmetic achievement of black fourth‐grade pupils?
Author(s) -
Jantz Richard K.,
Sciara Frank J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197510)12:4<468::aid-pits2310120416>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , head start , demography , communication , sociology
It was the purpose of this investigation to examine the effects of living with a male or female head‐of‐household upon the arithmetic performance of fourth graders. No significant differences were found in mean scores between male and female pupils. Significant differences were found favoring those pupils living with male heads‐of‐households, particularly for female pupils and for pupils with IQ scores greater than 100. These findings should not be considered as simple cause and effect relationships, but rather as indicative of potential difficulty for some pupils.