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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
Benzer, Semra; Sarisik, Yasemin; Kocan, Hilal – Online Submission, 2020
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of variables such as gender, class and parental education level, family income level on motivation levels of students to learn science and do research, performance, communication, collaborative work and participation. The study group of the study was in the 2015-2016 academic year, public schools in…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Science Instruction, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Park, Sunhee – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
This study explores the trajectory of suicidal ideation in childhood and adolescence and identifies its strong predictors. Secondary data obtained from two nationally representative cohorts of South Korean youth were longitudinally analyzed using frequencies, percentages, and discrete time survival analysis. This study revealed an increase in the…
Descriptors: Suicide, At Risk Persons, Children, Adolescent Attitudes
Brown, Tamala P. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many studies have been conducted to address childhood behavior problems, but much remains unknown regarding the causes and factors that affect internalizing and externalizing problems in children. The purpose of the current research study was to examine the relationships between children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and (a)…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Behavior Problems, Children, Family Structure
Armor, David J.; Duck, Stephanie – Education Working Paper Archive, 2007
Recent studies have used increasingly complex methodologies to estimate the effect of peer characteristics--race, poverty, and ability--on student achievement. A paper by Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin using Texas state testing data has received particularly wide attention because it found a large negative effect of school percent black on black math…
Descriptors: Testing, Mathematics Achievement, African American Students, Peer Influence
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Iversen, Anette Christine; Jakobsen, Reidar; Havik, Toril; Hysing, Mari; Stormark, Kjell Morten – Child Care in Practice, 2007
The great majority of children receiving intervention from child welfare and protection services (CWS) in Norway live at home. The purpose of this study was to assess mental health problems among these children. Data stem from a population-based study, the Bergen child study, conducted in 2006. Of a sample consisting of 4,162 children in the fifth…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Health Services, Emotional Problems, Mental Health Programs