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dc.contributor.authorNiiva, Henna
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-01T09:41:48Z
dc.date.available2013-12-01T09:41:48Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.otheroai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1288318
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/42560
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the connection between educational expectations and skills in spelling, reading fluency and mathematics among Finnish 9th Graders. Connection between comorbidity of reading disability and mathematical disability with educational expectations was also examined. These connections were explored among boys and girls and the effects of parental education were assessed, as well. Cross tabulations and analyses of variance were used as tools for analyses. Spelling, reading fluency and mathematics were connected to educational expectations, with higher skills leading to higher expectations. The largest difference between the educational expectation groups was in mathematics. Adolescents with reading disability (RD), mathematical disability (MD), or both set their educational expectations lower than peers with good skills. Mathematics functioned as compensating factor against the effects of RD of educational expectations, but only in boys. As unresolved expectations were fairly common, the need of more information about educational and occupational options for adolescents was suggested. Attitudes of girls towards mathematics should also be targeted and encouraged. Parental education was found to influence adolescents’ secondary education choice. In addition, when parents had high education, the spelling skills of the adolescent contributed to their educational expectations, whereas in other parental education groups, spelling skills did not contribute to educational expectations. Highly educated parents may have more information considering different education options and that is why they could be more skillful in advising their children in educational choices. This contributes to the suggestion of more information for both adolescents and their parents. Further research about the effects of comorbidity on educational expectations is suggested.en
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subject.othereducational expectations
dc.subject.othereducational aspirations
dc.subject.otherreading skills
dc.subject.otherspelling skills
dc.subject.othermathematical skills
dc.subject.othercomorbidity
dc.subject.otherfamilial risk
dc.subject.otherlearning disabilities
dc.subject.otherreading disability
dc.subject.othermathematical disability
dc.titleLiteracy skills, mathematical skills and educational expectations among Finnish adolescents
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201312012703
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaYhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Social Sciencesen
dc.contributor.laitosPsykologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Psychologyen
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsychologyen
dc.date.updated2013-12-01T09:41:49Z
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.type.publicationmasterThesis
dc.contributor.oppiainekoodi202
dc.subject.ysonuoret
dc.subject.ysolukeminen
dc.subject.ysolukutaito
dc.subject.ysomatemaattiset taidot
dc.subject.ysokoulutus
dc.subject.ysoodotukset
dc.subject.ysooppimisvaikeudet
dc.subject.ysolukihäiriöt
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dc.type.okmG2


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