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Bondy, Jennifer M.; Peguero, Anthony A.; Johnson, Brent E. – Education and Urban Society, 2017
Academic self-efficacy reflects an adolescent's level of confidence or belief that she or he can successfully accomplish educational assignments and tasks, which are also argued to be a fundamental factor in educational progress and success. Little is known, however, about the academic self-efficacy that the children of immigrants have, which is…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
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Ren, Yonggang – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study aims to examine social competence of Chinese immigrant children and its associations with age, length of attendance in childcare, gender, generational status and proficiencies in English and Mandarin Chinese. One hundred Mandarin-speaking children aged three to five years from 15 childcare centres in Sydney were assessed by normed…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Immigrants, Mandarin Chinese, Child Care