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Dr Gillian Hampden-Thompson's Outputs (65)

Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., & Xu, J. (2012). Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance. Comparative Education Review, 56, 98--124. https://doi.org/10.1086/661289

We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme... Read More about Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance.

Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G. (2012). Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries. Education and Society, 30, 23--42. https://doi.org/10.7459/es/30.3.03

Labour force participation maybe particularly problematic for single-mothers. By working, mothers increase their family?s financial capital and consequently make more money available for educational resources. However, employment often results in the... Read More about Single-mother families, maternal employment and children's literacy achievement: a study of 10 countries.

Creating citizenship communities (2012)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., Davies, I., Sundraram, V., Breslin, T., Bramley, G., & Thorpe, T. (2012). Creating citizenship communities. Journal of social science education (Internet), 11, 108--119. https://doi.org/10.2390/jsse-v11-i3-93

The project ?Creating Citizenship Communities? is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and is being conducted by a partnership team from the Department of Education, University of York and the National Foundation for Educational Research. This ar... Read More about Creating citizenship communities.

The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies (2012)
Report
Catterall, J. S., Dumais, S. A., & Hampden-Thompson, G. (2012). The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies. National Endowment for the Arts

This report examines the academic and civic behavior outcomes of teenagers and young adults who have engaged deeply with the arts in or out of school. In several small-group studies, children and teenagers who participated in arts education programs... Read More about The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies.

Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods (2011)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., Lubben, F., & Bennett, J. (2011). Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 34, 289--307. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2011.609550

Quantitative secondary analysis of large-scale data can be combined with in-depth qualitative methods. In this paper, we discuss the role of this combined methods approach in examining the uptake of physics and chemistry in post compulsory schooling... Read More about Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods.

Citizenship education in Japan (2010)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., Davies, I., & Mizuyama, M. (2010). Citizenship education in Japan. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 9, 170--178. https://doi.org/10.2304/csee.2010.9.3.170

Japan is experiencing a period of fundamental debate about - and significant modification of - education. The authors argue that it is important to gain further understanding about citizenship education from a range of contexts. Their reflections are... Read More about Citizenship education in Japan.

Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school, by student characteristics (2009)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Warkentien, S., & Bruce, D. (2009). Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school, by student characteristics. US Department of Education

This Statistics in Brief uses data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) to examine the number of credits earned by high school students and the relationship between course credit accrual and dropping out. Findings indicate that hi... Read More about Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school, by student characteristics.

Single parents (2009)
Book Chapter
Hampden-Thompson, G. (2009). Single parents. In R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller, & J. Modell (Eds.), The child: an encyclopaedic companion. University of Chicago Press

Are two better than one?: a comparative study of achievement gaps and family structure (2009)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G. (2009). Are two better than one?: a comparative study of achievement gaps and family structure. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 39, 517-537. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057920802366372

Using data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the size of the literacy achievement gap between 15-year-old students from two-parent and those from single-mother households were compared across 18 industrialized nations. Thi... Read More about Are two better than one?: a comparative study of achievement gaps and family structure.

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.

Description and employment criteria of instructional paraprofessionals (2007)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Diehl, J., & Kinukawa, A. (2007). Description and employment criteria of instructional paraprofessionals. US Department of Education

This Issue Brief (1) offers a descriptive portrait of the distribution of instructional paraprofessionals in all public elementary and secondary schools by instructional responsibility and selected school characteristics and (2) examines the educatio... Read More about Description and employment criteria of instructional paraprofessionals.

The condition of education, 2007 (2007)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Planty, M., Provasnik, S., Hussar, W., Synder, T., Kena, G., …Choy, S. (2007). The condition of education, 2007. US Department of Education

"The Condition of Education, 2007" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 48 indicators on the status and condition of education and a special analysis on high school coursetakin... Read More about The condition of education, 2007.

School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03 (2006)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Enyeart, C., Diehl, J., & Scotchmer, M. (2006). School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03. US Department of Education

Language minority parents may face a number of challenges when trying to communicate or become involved with their child?s school. This Issue Brief describes school-to-home communication practices and opportunities for parent involvement at school as... Read More about School and parent interaction by household language and poverty status: 2002-03.