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Laksmi Mercedes Olmeda – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of parents and educators after the implementation of an immigrant parent program in an urban middle school that lacked parental involvement support. This qualitative study used multiple data collection methods to triangulate the data. Study participants provided their contributions through…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Family Involvement, Parent Attitudes
Hofer, Sarah I.; Reinhold, Frank; Koch, Marco – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
This study aims at describing differences in internal and external resources of students to handle mathematics learning from home. Based on data from N = 223 7th-grade secondary school students gathered via an online survey at the end of the first school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used latent profile analysis to identify student…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Süleyman Avci; Mustafa Özgenel; Akif Avcu – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
The purpose of this study was to examine in detail the relationship between perceived parental involvement in homework (content-oriented and autonomy-oriented forms of involvement) and students' homework behavior (homework time, homework time management, and amount of homework completed). The study also looked at how the relationships between…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Homework, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
Lemessa, Reta; Senbeto, Temesgen; Alemayehu, Endale; Gemechu, Negesse – Cogent Education, 2023
In improving the quality of education, parents' involvement is very significant. Parents' involvement is one of the three responsibilities for realizing the best quality. This study attempts to explore parents' involvement in education activities for improving their children's academic achievement. A sample of 292 households was selected from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Quality, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Yilmaz, Elanur; Yildirim, Ali – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Earthquake preparedness is a critical part of developing a sustainable community concerning reducing vulnerability to earthquakes. This study focuses on reducing children's vulnerability, particularly through a school safety program, to increase their physical and emotional preparedness for children against earthquakes. A comparative case study is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergency Programs, Seismology, Natural Disasters
Paulson, Anna; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; van der Mars, Hans – Physical Educator, 2022
This study sought to address the large gap in the literature regarding parents' roles and views about physical education programs. Guided by Epstein's model of parental involvement, this study investigated the effect of increased parental involvement in a child's physical education program on parents' perceptions of that program. Participants…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Attitudes, Physical Education
Kim, Deoksoon; Kim, So Lim; Barnett, Mike – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2021
This study describes how culturally relevant pedagogy in a project-based science class improved student engagement and comprehension. We focus on bicultural students exploring cultural objects and household inventions with family members and connecting scientific concepts to their families' funds of knowledge. We use a multiple-case study design…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Culturally Relevant Education, Science Education, Science Activities
Wang, Crystal; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2019
In 2018-2019, the program's second federally funded year, GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Austin served a cohort of 7th-grade students (n = 2,536) across 11 middle schools. Nearly all GEAR UP students received support services relevant to college preparation. Evaluation findings suggest that students,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, College Readiness, College Preparation
Reflection on Out-of-School Education Activities from the Textbooks to the Social Studies Curriculum
Aktin, Kibar – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
The Social Studies course covers many opportunities for students to actively learn-by-doing and learn-by-living outside of the school and classroom environments. In this context, the present study aims to identify how the Social Studies Curriculum in Turkey (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2018) supports learning in environments outside of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Textbook Content, Textbook Publication, Social Studies
Wang, Crystal; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of the staff focus groups was to gather information about staff perspectives on the GEAR UP program, their experiences with the GEAR UP program, and their support for student college preparation. Most of the focus group participants across five GEAR UP campuses understood the GEAR UP program. Many staff provided positive comments about…
Descriptors: School Districts, College Readiness, College Preparation, Teacher Attitudes
Wolfe, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This correlational, explanatory, longitudinal study sought to determine the combination of community and family-level demographic variables found in the 2010 U.S. Census data that most accurately predicted a New Jersey school district's percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the 2010, 2011, and 2012 NJ ASK 7 in Language Arts and…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Community Involvement, Grade 7, Academic Achievement
Kuo, Yi-Lung; Allen, Jeff; Casillas, Alex – ACT, Inc., 2020
This study investigated the relationships between social and emotional learning factors and course failure for 9,308 7th-9th graders. Student self-report measures of social and emotional learning (SEL) and biographical factors (ACT® Engage® Grades 6-9) were analyzed through multiple regression models with propensity score weighting techniques. The…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Grade 7, Grade 8
Kuhfeld, Megan; Ruzek, Erik; Lewis, Karyn; Soland, James; Johnson, Angela; Tarasawa, Beth; Dworkin, Lindsay – NWEA, 2021
This report examines the academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students, with the goal of documenting achievement trends to provide leaders and policymakers with evidence to guide action to address educational inequities for BIPOC students. Using math and reading test data from 2.1 million BIPOC…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Minority Group Students, Grade 3
Swail, Watson Scott – Educational Policy Institute, 2019
In 2013, the Arizona State University (ASU) Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) was awarded an Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant through the U.S. Department of Education. The district applied with an ambitious grant designed to innovate programming for a total of six schools: two elementary (one Kindergarten through grade 5; one Kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Program Effectiveness
Moore, Kevin J.; Garbacz, S. Andrew; Gau, Jeff M.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Brown, Kimbree L.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Seeley, John R. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
This study examined the viability of a brief, parent-reported strengths and needs assessment as the first step in a multiple-gating approach to proactive positive behavior support for families. The "Positive Family Support--Strengths and Needs Assessment" (PFS-SaNA) was designed to collaboratively engage parents early in the school year…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Behavior Supports, Parent Participation, Middle Schools