APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Parental Beliefs on the Efficacy of Productive Struggle and Their Relation to Homework-Helping Behavior

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Salvador Vazquez
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Gerardo Ramirez
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Brad Ermeling
    Pearson Research and Innovation Network

Abstract

This study assesses parental attitudes towards productive struggle – a cognitively enhancing learning strategy – and makes correlations between parents’ attitudes and how often they help their child with math homework, their perceptions of their child’s ability in math, and the affect of the homework-helping interaction.

Education

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