Sophia Catsambis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5939481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Catsambis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Catsambis |
| SIGNATURE | CATSAMBIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Parental Involvement in Education
Parental involvement in children's education consists of many home‐based and school‐based family activities. It begins before children enter school and changes in nature as students progress. In the elementary grades it reaches its peak and is more supervisory. In the middle grades and high school, students seek more autonomy and parents adjust their activities to address adolescents' developmental needs and aspirations as young adults. Through a…
Revisiting “Kindergarten as academic boot camp”: A nationwide study of ability grouping and psycho-social development
Naughty or nice: Equity, gender and behavior
Parental Involvement in Education
Scholarly interest in parental involvement was sparked in the late 1960s, when the seminal Coleman report (Coleman et al. 1966) found family social background to be the most important predictor of children's academic success in the United States. Educational inequalities by social class are found in most countries and such findings prompted researchers’ efforts to identify what aspects of family background are responsible for children's education…
Revisiting Reuben Hill's Theory of Familial Response to Stressors: The Mediating Role of Mental Outlook for Offspring of Divorce
With data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), the authors probe the link between parental and second‐generation divorce. They investigate whether parental divorce and offspring's subsequent marital behavior are related to mental outlook. Existing literature maintains that children who experience parental divorce are more likely to divorce than their counterparts, yet explanations for this pattern remain contested. Drawing …
The long-term effects of ability grouping in mathematics: A national investigation
Expanding Knowledge of Parental Involvement in Children's Secondary Education: Connections with High School Seniors' Academic Success
For better or for worse? a nationwide study of the social psychological effects of gender and ability grouping in mathematics
Does Neighborhood Matter? Family, Neighborhood, and School Influences on Eighth-Grade Mathematics Achievement
This paper explores ways by which neighborhoods and schools may influence the mathematics achievement of eighth grade students. We use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS: 88) and combine it with U.S. Census data at the level of students' residential zip codes. These data allow us to analyze simultaneously all aspects of students' lives: their families, neighborhoods, and schools. Our findings suggest that “bringing neighb…
Parents, Their Children, and Schools
The Path to Math: Gender and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Mathematics Participation from Middle School to High School
This study traced the development of gender differences in learning opportunities, achievement, and choice in mathematics among White, African American, and Latino students using data from a nationally representative sample of eighth-grade students who were resurveyed in the 10th grade. It found that in this age group, female students do not lag behind male students in test scores and grades and that White female students are exposed to more lear…
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance: A Conjoint System of Cultural Capital Transmission
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges
Caroline Hodges Persell, Sophia Catsambis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges, Sociology of Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 208-225
Education and the American Family: A Research Synthesis
Reply to Milne, Myers, and Ginsburg
Mother's Employment and Children's Achievement: A Critique
The Path to Math: Gender and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Mathematics Participation from Middle School to High School
This study traced the development of gender differences in learning opportunities, achievement, and choice in mathematics among White, African American, and Latino students using data from a nationally representative sample of eighth-grade students who were resurveyed in the 10th grade. It found that in this age group, female students do not lag behind male students in test scores and grades and that White female students are exposed to more lear…
Does Neighborhood Matter? Family, Neighborhood, and School Influences on Eighth-Grade Mathematics Achievement
This paper explores ways by which neighborhoods and schools may influence the mathematics achievement of eighth grade students. We use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS: 88) and combine it with U.S. Census data at the level of students' residential zip codes. These data allow us to analyze simultaneously all aspects of students' lives: their families, neighborhoods, and schools. Our findings suggest that “bringing neighb…
Expanding Knowledge of Parental Involvement in Children's Secondary Education: Connections with High School Seniors' Academic Success
Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges
Caroline Hodges Persell, Sophia Catsambis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges, Sociology of Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 208-225
The long-term effects of ability grouping in mathematics: A national investigation
For better or for worse? a nationwide study of the social psychological effects of gender and ability grouping in mathematics
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance: A Conjoint System of Cultural Capital Transmission
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
Mother's Employment and Children's Achievement: A Critique
Parental Involvement in Education
Parental involvement in children's education consists of many home‐based and school‐based family activities. It begins before children enter school and changes in nature as students progress. In the elementary grades it reaches its peak and is more supervisory. In the middle grades and high school, students seek more autonomy and parents adjust their activities to address adolescents' developmental needs and aspirations as young adults. Through a…
Reply to Milne, Myers, and Ginsburg
Mother's Employment and Children's Achievement: A Critique
Education and the American Family: A Research Synthesis
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance: A Conjoint System of Cultural Capital Transmission
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges
Caroline Hodges Persell, Sophia Catsambis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges, Sociology of Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 208-225
The Path to Math: Gender and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Mathematics Participation from Middle School to High School
This study traced the development of gender differences in learning opportunities, achievement, and choice in mathematics among White, African American, and Latino students using data from a nationally representative sample of eighth-grade students who were resurveyed in the 10th grade. It found that in this age group, female students do not lag behind male students in test scores and grades and that White female students are exposed to more lear…
Parents, Their Children, and Schools
Expanding Knowledge of Parental Involvement in Children's Secondary Education: Connections with High School Seniors' Academic Success
For better or for worse? a nationwide study of the social psychological effects of gender and ability grouping in mathematics
Does Neighborhood Matter? Family, Neighborhood, and School Influences on Eighth-Grade Mathematics Achievement
This paper explores ways by which neighborhoods and schools may influence the mathematics achievement of eighth grade students. We use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS: 88) and combine it with U.S. Census data at the level of students' residential zip codes. These data allow us to analyze simultaneously all aspects of students' lives: their families, neighborhoods, and schools. Our findings suggest that “bringing neighb…
The long-term effects of ability grouping in mathematics: A national investigation
Parental Involvement in Education
Scholarly interest in parental involvement was sparked in the late 1960s, when the seminal Coleman report (Coleman et al. 1966) found family social background to be the most important predictor of children's academic success in the United States. Educational inequalities by social class are found in most countries and such findings prompted researchers’ efforts to identify what aspects of family background are responsible for children's education…
Revisiting Reuben Hill's Theory of Familial Response to Stressors: The Mediating Role of Mental Outlook for Offspring of Divorce
With data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), the authors probe the link between parental and second‐generation divorce. They investigate whether parental divorce and offspring's subsequent marital behavior are related to mental outlook. Existing literature maintains that children who experience parental divorce are more likely to divorce than their counterparts, yet explanations for this pattern remain contested. Drawing …
Naughty or nice: Equity, gender and behavior
Revisiting “Kindergarten as academic boot camp”: A nationwide study of ability grouping and psycho-social development
Parental Involvement in Education
Parental involvement in children's education consists of many home‐based and school‐based family activities. It begins before children enter school and changes in nature as students progress. In the elementary grades it reaches its peak and is more supervisory. In the middle grades and high school, students seek more autonomy and parents adjust their activities to address adolescents' developmental needs and aspirations as young adults. Through a…
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · School Choice and Performance (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Sociology of Education (6 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works)