7. In one year, there is one child who has died
from drowning for the 11,000 residential
pools in the US
(Approx. 500 deaths a year)
Meanwhile, there is only 1 child killed by a
gun for every 1 million-plus guns
(Approx. 175 deaths a year)
8. The fear of your child being shot is
more frightening, so it would be logical
that a swimming pool sounds safer. !
It is the familiarity factor, just as
most people spend more time in cars
than in airplanes, most of us have a lot
more exercise swimming in pools than
shooting in guns.
9.
10. If you’re like
most parents,
you would
probably do
almost anything
to help your
child get a good
start, right?
11. So What will you do?
Maybe something like…….
!
- No TV Time
- Reading to your kids
- Traveling a lot (e.g. to
museums)
12. However, based on the tests, NONE of
those will actually help your kids!
15. Black child is more likely to come
from a low-income, low-
education household.
!
If the schools could be fixed, the
children would be better educated.
16. Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study (ECLS)
- School performance is easier to measured
by data.- Measure the academic progress of
more than 20,000 children from kindergarten
through the fifth grade in USA (Sample)
- The results reflect only a child’s early test
scores
- The author found interesting correlations
between a child's school performance and his
family environment.
17. Data Analysis Methods
Application
1. Survey – race, gender, family,
socioeconomic status, parents’
education, etc.
2. Interview – whether the parents
spanked the children, whether they
took them to libraries or museums, how
much television the children watched
19. Regression analysis
This tool could allow them to identify,
to demonstrate the correlation between
two variables.
With regression analysis and
correlation, you choose two variables
and try to understand how they move
with each other.
20. The definition of
Correlation
Correlation indicated whether two
variables move together, it tends to be
cold outside when it snows; Those two
factors are positively correlated,
sunshine and rain are negatively
correlated.
21. You can see a general tendency: the children’s scores
seems to go up with the salary of their parents.
22. In order to control or eliminate the
other variables, the author separated
kids and put them in groups with other
similar children.
!
The authors applied that method to the
sample and highlighted 16 factors, 8
that seem to have a strong correlation
with the kids’ school performance, and 8
that don’t seem to matter at all
23. 8 Factors (Strongly Correlated with Test Scores)
- The child has highly educated parents
- The child’s parents have high socioeconomic
status
- The child’s mother was thirty or older at the
time of her first child’s birth
- The child had low birth weight
- The child’s parents speak English at home
- The child is adopted
- The child’s parents are involved in the PTA
- The child has many books in his home
24. 8 Factors (NOT Strongly Correlated with Test Scores)
- The child’s family is intact
- The child’s parents recently moved into a better
neighborhood
- The child’s mother didn’t work between birth
and kindergarten
- The child attended Head Start
- The child’s parents regularly take him to museums
- The child is regularly spanked
- The child frequently watches television
- The child’s parents read to him nearly every day
25. Conclusion of this chapter
People who are well
educated, successful and
healthy tend to have
children who test well in
school, and it is not so
much a matter of what
you do as a parent, it is
who you are that
make difference.
27. The child frequently
watches television
Television can be an
excellent educator
and entertainer.
However, too much
television time can
interfere with
activities such as
reading and doing
homework.
28. The child’s parents
recently moved into a
better neighborhood
It depends on which
friends the children
keep, between in-school
and out-of-school
friends. In addition to
the neighborhood area,
parents should have the
concern about whom
your children hang out
with after school as
well.
29. Our comments
In terms of parenting, in
order to improve a
child's aptitude, the
parents need to be
actively involved in the
child's education. This
can maximize the child's
success in school up to
his or her potential,
which is determined by
their nature abilities.
31. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Tiger parents are focusing
on good grades, intellectual
achievements and excellence
in all things. Her two
daughters were never
allowed to have or attend a
sleepover, be in a school play,
watch TV or play computer
games, or get a grade less
than an A in any subject
other than PE or drama.
32. An opposite study from
Pr. Su Yeung Kim
The first major
study of tiger
moms is out. The
kids have worse
grades, and they
are more
depressed and
more alienated
from their
parents.
