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Demir, Selvi – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
This research was created in order to detect the indirect, direct and total effects of some factors affecting the academic success of secondary school students in Turkish courses. Concordantly, in the research, the explanatory and predictive relationships between students' individual verbal expression self-efficacy perceptions, group verbal…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation
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Susnara, Daniela M.; Berryhill, M. Blake; Ziegler, Andrea; Betancourt, Alex – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Research suggests that positive parent-teacher relationships and increased parent involvement can improve student achievement. Family-school-community partnerships can promote these outcomes. This article describes the Pre-Kindergarten Parent Leadership Academy (Pre-KPLA) within the Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) at the University of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Zarate, Grace – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Foster children are academically at risk as a result of abuse, neglect and family disruptions. Findings from previous studies have underscored the critical role played by foster parents in monitoring the academic progress of the children placed in the home. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological research study was to identify the skill…
Descriptors: Foster Care, At Risk Students, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Nievar, M. Angela; Jacobson, Arminta; Chen, Qi; Johnson, Ursula; Dier, Shannon – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
This study investigated effects of Home Instruction of Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), a paraprofessional home visiting program, on parents and children. The program site served low-income, Spanish-speaking families. On average, mothers were 31 years old (SD = 4.78) and children were 3 or 4 years old (M = 3.92, SD = 0.92). Participants (n…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Children, Family Environment
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Turner, Sherri L. – Professional School Counseling, 2007
The study in this article investigated how academic preparation, career development skills, parental assistance, and social/environmental barriers predicted inner-city adolescents' psychological preparation to transition into high school. Results showed that academic preparation, parents' instrumental assistance, adolescents' career development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Pregnancy, Gender Differences, Career Development