【问题】 AnewstudypublishedinthejournalEducationalStudiesshowsthattheelementaryschoolachildattendshasalmostnoinfluenceontheirdesiretoprogresstohighereducation. TheresearchwascarriedoutbyJosipŠabićandBorisJokicattheCentreforEducationalResearchandDevelopmentoftheIns
AnewstudypublishedinthejournalEducationalStudiesshowsthattheelementaryschoolachildattendshasalmostnoinfluenceontheirdesiretoprogresstohighereducation. TheresearchwascarriedoutbyJosipŠabićandBorisJokicattheCentreforEducationalResearchandDevelopmentoftheInstituteforSocialResearchinZagreb,Croatia.Theauthorswantedtodiscoverthemainfactorsaffectingpupils'intentiontocontinuetohighereducationastheyreachtheendofelementaryschool. Tofindoutchildren'saims,theyaskedjustover1,000pupilsaged14-15at23elementaryschoolsinZagrebtocompletethreeseparatequestionnairesduringtheirlasttwoyearsatelementaryschool.Theresearchersalsoobtainedinformationonthepupils'academicgrades,aswellasonthesizeofeachschoolanditsclasses,thegradepointaverage(GPA)foreachschool,andpropertypricesintheareaaroundeachschoolasameasureofsocioeconomicstatus. Thestudyrevealedthatnoneoftheschool-levelfactors,includingschoolandclasssize,theGPAoftheschoolandpropertyprices,hadanyinfluenceonthedesiretocontinuetohighereducation.Incontrast,severalfactorsrelatedtoparentsandhomelife,suchasparentaleducationalaspirations,maternal(母亲的)academicsupportandhavingadesktoworkon,didhaveaninfluence.Asdidgender,withgirlsmorelikelythanboystowanttocontinuetohighereducation.Andwhileschool-levelfactorsdidn'thaveanyinfluence,performanceatschooldid:highacademicgradeswerethesinglestrongestpredictorofapupil'sdesiretocontinuetohighereducation,whileenjoyingschoolwasalsoanimportantfactor. "Themajorfindingarisingfromthepresentstudyisthatnoneoftheschoollevelvariablesusedinouranalysiscontributestotheexplanationofpupils'aspirations(志向)forhighereducation,"saidJosipŠabić."Anotherimportantfindingisthatparentscaninfluencetheirchild'saspirationsbyexpressingtheirexpectationsregardingthechild'seducationalpathandbyprovidingthebasicconditionsforcompletinghomeworkandlearning."(1)Whatdoestheresearchfocuson?______A.Wheredopupilsgoforhelpinchoosingcollege?B.Whogivespupilsmoresupporttogotocollege?C.Whatmakespupilschoosetoattendcollege?D.Whichdopupilslikemostinchoosingfurthereducation?(2)Whichofthefollowingdotheresearcherscareleastindesigningtheresearch?______A.Classsizes.B.Familyincomes.C.Propertyprices.D.Academicgrades.(3)Whatcanweinferfromparagraph4?______A.TheGPAofschoolblockspupilsfromgoingtocollege.B.Genderhaslittleinfluenceonchoosingacollege.C.Decisionsofparentsmakepupilschoosewhattodo.D.Pupils'preferencetotheirschoolisimportant.(4)WhatdoesJosipŠabićstressinthelastparagraph?______A.Schoollevelvariables.B.Financialsupporttopupils.C.Parentalacademicsupports.D.Learningenvironmentsforpupils.
正确答案:(1)C.推理判断题。根据第二段"The authors wanted to discover the main factors affecting pupils' intention to continue to higher education as they reach the end of&
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