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PDF pending restorationBlackfelner, Carol; Ranallo, Barbara – 1998
Research has demonstrated that parent involvement has many beneficial effects for students. This action research project designed and implemented a program to raise the academic achievement of second-grade students by increasing parent involvement. The students attended two second-grade classrooms in a west-central Illinois school. The problem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 2, Homework, Parent Attitudes
Download full textRozak, Nancy S. – 1994
This field research report examined the efficacy of the Spectrum Assessment Model (SAM), a measure used to provide teachers and parents with a broad profile of preschool children's abilities, skills, and interests. The measure was developed by educators at Harvard and Tufts Universities in 1984 and assesses young children's cognitive abilities in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Needs, Parent Attitudes
Miller, Becky Iden – 1986
A review of research data focused on the effects of parental involvement on children's reading achievement and ways in which parents can help promote children's reading achievement. The review included 35 studies (which are briefly summarized) of (1) parents' attitudes about their involvement in their child's education, (2) the positive effects of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Meta Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Brezner, Jeffrey Lee – 1974
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between recommended administrative practices and procedures used in desegregated secondary schools to achieve integration and the quality of integration of desegregated secondary schools. A school system was chosen in the southeast. The Prime Secondary Student Questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, After School Programs, Black Students
Kelty, Joanne Mary – 1997
A bilingual survey was developed to register the feelings of parents toward involvement in their children's preschool and kindergarten and to determine the unique needs of parents during interactions with the schools. The survey was tested with 50 parents, and the results were tabulated to determine differences between the feelings of Hispanic and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic Americans, Kindergarten
Hatfield, Loretta M. – 1974
This paper describes a family laboratory project designed to provide young children with opportunities to participate in learning experiences with babies, school age children, adolescents, adults who were single or married, parents and grand parents. A review of the literature focuses on the need for communication between children, parents,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Family Programs
