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McDow, Jennie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to examine how six formerly homeschooled individuals, aged 19-45 who received at least five years of homeschooling, perceive their current life satisfaction through multiple means of data collection: biographic sketch survey, recorded audio from Zoom interviews, field notes, and a digital…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Student Attitudes, Life Satisfaction, Adults
McGlaughlin, Stacie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory case study was to explore the process parents implement to socialize their home schooled K-6t h-grade children in the state of Ohio. The specific problem is the stigma attached to home-educated children regarding socialization. There is limited research from a qualitative perspective on how parents…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Socialization, Home Schooling, Elementary School Students
Roulhac, Gwen Delaun – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Homeschooling continues to experience unprecedented growth across the United States, including in North Carolina. More than 2 million children nationally and over 106,000 children in North Carolina are enrolled in homeschools. North Carolina's original homeschool law had long been interpreted to mean that parents had to provide all academic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Public Schools, Home Schooling, Qualitative Research
Kramer, Benjamin G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The number of U.S. homeschooled students has steadily risen from the 1980's to the present, and many eventually choose to attend community colleges (Cogan, 2010; Mason, 2004; Ray, 2004a; Sorey & Duggan, 2008a). Homeschoolers who make community colleges their first structured educational setting outside the home do so for various reasons: (a)…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Community Colleges, College Preparation, College Attendance
Roberts, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Homeschoolers are achieving better results with less money than their public school counterparts. This multiple case study explored the perceptions of homeschooled college students and graduates and their reasons for their academic and social successes. An interview-based, qualitative design was implemented to uncover themes and directions for…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Instructional Effectiveness, Case Studies, College Students
Kinney, Kristen J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined influencing factors on the reading achievement of three first grade students from the Colorado Virtual Academy who were taught to read in a homeschool setting. The overarching research question asked, "How well do students perform when taught to read by parents given the tools that nationally accepted research has deemed…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Interaction