Parent+Attitude+Influence

=Education Week 10/23/07: **When it Comes to Math and Science, Mom and Dad Count: Parent Attitudes influence how their offspring take to those subjects**.= Notes.... > The study, “I Can, But I Don’t Want To: The Impact of Parents, Interests, and Activities on Gender Differences in Math,”Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader was based on information collected from several hundred elementary students, who were tracked as they got older, and their parents, from 1987 to 2000. It was published by Cambridge University Press as part of a book, Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Approach.
 * independent projects, clubs, museums (WHAT TYPES OF CLUBS AND PROJECTS DO WE HAVE FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS?)
 * "The connection between parental influence and children’s motivation and achievement in math and science has received increasing attention among researchers, as educators and policymakers search for ways to urge more students to pursue advanced studies and careers in those subjects."
 * INVESTIGATE GENDER DIFFERENCES AT ENSWORTH. (AP ENROLLMENT, AP SCORES, monitor this)
 * "Coverage of mathematics, science, and technology education is supported by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation at www.kauffman.org"
 * The Michigan and Penn State study, originally published in 2005 and presented at a conference in Ann Arbor this past May, expanded on past research showing that parents’ opinions and behaviors are factors in determining boys’ and girls’ interest and confidence in math and science.