"With commentary by Giyoo Hatano, and a reply by the authors."

Research procedures -- Achievement in reading and mathematics -- Background information : schools and teachers -- Background information : families and children -- Children's lives at home -- Children's attitudes -- Beliefs about effort and ability -- Mothers' evaluations of their child's cognitive abilities, school performance, motivation, and personality -- Mothers' satisfaction with their child's school performance and evaluations of curriculum and school -- Problems in schooling according to mothers and teachers -- Toward the cultural psychology of mathematical cognition / by Giyoo Hatano -- To achieve / by Harold W. Stevenson and Shin-ying Lee.