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Cui, Yiran; Zhang, Danhui; Leung, Frederick K. S. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study employed data from the TIMSS 2015 survey to investigate whether parental educational involvement behaviour in early childhood and parental attitudes towards education can enhance children's mathematics achievement in the 4th grade via influencing children's learning interests. Samples from Singapore (N=6237) and Hong…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Influence, Parent Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Tai, Dianne M.; Phillipson, Shane N.; Phillipson, Sivanes – Educational Psychology, 2018
Many Hong Kong-Chinese parents are active in their support for their children's music training. To better understand this support, the Parental Involvement in Music Training Questionnaire (PIMTQ) is designed to measure the variability in parental involvement in their children's music training. This study begins by exploring the factor structure of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Music Education, Questionnaires
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Huang, Hong; Tse, Shek-kam; Chu, Samuel Kai-Wah; Xiao, Xiao-yun; Lam, Joseph Wai-ip; Ng, Rex Hung-Wai; Hui, Sau-Yan – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2019
Introduction: This study examines the impact of the availability of reading resources in the school, the classroom, the home and the social environment on the reading proficiency of Grade Four primary school students in Hong Kong. Method: Data about the reading performance of Hong Kong students in the 2011 Progress in International Reading…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Reading Materials, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
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Ho, Esther Sui Chu; Lau, Kit-ling – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Based on the data of Program for International Student Assessment 2009, this paper examines how various aspects of home literacy environment, school climate and students' reading engagement related to their reading performance. A profile of Hong Kong students' three indices of reading engagement -- namely, reading enjoyment, reading diversity and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Reading Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Lau, Eva Yi Hung – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Parents' perceptions and practices of parental involvement during the transition from kindergarten to primary school were captured through individual interviews with 18 Chinese parents after their children had entered primary school. The responses revealed that in order to facilitate children's adjustment during school transition, parents tended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes
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Kam Tse, Shek; Zhu, Yu; Yan Hui, Sau; Ng, Hung Wai – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
The English and Chinese reading proficiency of 1376 Grade 4 students in 24 Hong Kong primary schools were assessed using measures developed for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. Students' parents provided information about home reading activities (HRA) aimed at supporting their children's reading prior to them entering school…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
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Kong, Siu Cheung; Li, Kai Ming – Computers & Education, 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate current parental support for student learning with information technology (IT) in Hong Kong. A total of 3340 and 3656 parents and 539 and 440 primary school heads responded to two surveys in 2005/06 and 2006/07, respectively, in this cross-sectional study. The results show a persistent positive perception of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy