Open AccessThe Power of Expectations on Students’ Years of Schooling
Author(s) -
Luis Alejandro Lopez–Agudo,
Claudia Prieto-Latorre,
Óscar David Marcenaro Gutiérrez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of new approaches in educational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2254-7339
DOI - 10.7821/naer.2021.7.712
Subject(s) - psychology , structural equation modeling , cognition , power (physics) , developmental psychology , mathematics education , social psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Both students and parents have expectations about students’ academic future. The present study analyses the influence of both sets of expectations when students are at age 15-16 on the level of education achieved by students when they are 23-24 years old. For this purpose, a structural equation model is estimated by three-stage least squares, using panel data for the most populated Spanish region (Andalusia). Results show that when both students and parents expect degree level education (i.e. 16 years of schooling) the student appears to come quite close to achieving that level. They also show that socio-cultural variables, together with students’ cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes, seem to explain the mechanism of formation of expectations and students’ completed years of schooling.