Study finds better-performing elementary students receive disproportionate attention from parents

An Indiana University study found that higher-performing elementary school students received a disproportionate number of resources from their parents, compared to their lower-performing peers. Lower-performing students received resources geared toward improving their academic performance. Higher-performing students received greater and more diverse resources, such as shared meals or enrollment in extracurricular activities. Parents of higher performers were also more likely to be involved in sc…

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/iu-…