Alan T Twomey
Biographic Data
| ID | 163167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan T Twomey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan T |
| FAMILY NAME | Twomey |
| SIGNATURE | TWOMEY A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Correlates of a Culture-of-Poverty Measure
The notion of Lewis's culture of poverty (COP) was applied to analysis of some behavioral characteristics of Australian rural White and Aboriginal children. Aboriginal children scored higher than nearby White children on a COP Scale, were more often absent from school, and scored lower on teacher-estimated school-ability ratings and on language and classification tests. The negative relationship between COP level and language performance also app…
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Correlates of a Culture-of-Poverty Measure
The notion of Lewis's culture of poverty (COP) was applied to analysis of some behavioral characteristics of Australian rural White and Aboriginal children. Aboriginal children scored higher than nearby White children on a COP Scale, were more often absent from school, and scored lower on teacher-estimated school-ability ratings and on language and classification tests. The negative relationship between COP level and language performance also app…
Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 work) · Education Systems and Policy (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Poverty (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Scale (ratio (1 work)