EFFECT OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS INTO SCIENCE CLASSES
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The hope that parents hold for their children’s success in life is often first vetted through their children’s success in school. Indeed, doing well academically is related to doing well in life economically (Butler, Beach, & Winfree, 2008). Yet for many children, chances of academic success are diminished because of poverty (Ducan & Brooks-Gunn, 2000); family economic status is a strong predictor of ...
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