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Expectations and reports of homework for public school students in the first, third and fifth grades (2008)
Report
Warkentien, S., Fenster, M., Hampden-Thompson, G., & Walston, J. (2008). Expectations and reports of homework for public school students in the first, third and fifth grades. US Department of Education

This brief uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) to examine (1) the amount of time that students? public school teachers expected them to spend on reading/language arts and mathematics homework... Read More about Expectations and reports of homework for public school students in the first, third and fifth grades.

Mathematics achievement of language-minority students during the elementary years (2008)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Mulligan, G., Kinukawa, A., & Halle, T. (2008). Mathematics achievement of language-minority students during the elementary years. U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences

This Issue Brief uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) to examine the scores of public-school language-minority students on a mathematics assessment in 1st grade, as well as the gain in their sc... Read More about Mathematics achievement of language-minority students during the elementary years.

Attrition of mathematics and science teachers (2008)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Herring, W. L., & Kienzl, G. (2008). Attrition of mathematics and science teachers. US Department of Education

Using data from the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), this Issue Brief reports on trends in the attrition of public school mathematics and science teachers over a 16-year period and examines the reasons given by mathematics and science teachers for lea... Read More about Attrition of mathematics and science teachers.

Cultural capital: what does it offer students? A cross-national analysis (2008)
Book Chapter
Hampden-Thompson, G., Guzman, L., & Lippman, L. (2008). Cultural capital: what does it offer students? A cross-national analysis. In J. Zajda, K. Biraimah, & W. Gaudelli (Eds.), Education and social inequality in global culture (155--180). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6927-7%5C_10

This study continues the refinement of the cultural capital concept, addressing gaps in existing scholarship by analyzing data from two major international datasets: the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Third International... Read More about Cultural capital: what does it offer students? A cross-national analysis.