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Parental Academic Support: A Validity Report
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Mazer, Joseph P.; Thompson, Blair – Communication Education, 2016
This study offers validity evidence for the Parental Academic Support Scale, a 16-item multidimensional measure that assesses support related to a child's academic performance, classroom behavior, preparation, hostile peer interactions, and health. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Parental Academic Support Scale (PASS) revealed a close model…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Peer Relationship
Development of the Parental Academic Support Scale: Frequency, Importance, and Modes of Communication
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Thompson, Blair; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2012
Parent-teacher communication represents a primary form of parental support, a phenomenon meriting significant attention given the connections between support and academic achievement (Thompson, 2008b). A series of studies advance the Parental Academic Support Scale (PASS) to assess the frequency, importance, and modes parents use to communicate…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Characteristics of Parent-Teacher E-Mail Communication
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Thompson, Blair – Communication Education, 2008
In the past decade, the use of computer-mediated communication such as e-mail has reportedly increased the level of parental involvement and parent-teacher communication at the elementary and secondary level. However, research has not yet examined the characteristics of parent-teacher e-mail communication. Thirty parent and 30 teacher interviews…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
ERIC/RCS Reports: Parent-Teacher Communication.
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Stafford, Laura – Communication Education, 1987
Reviews ERIC resources concerning methods of achieving the desired state of mutual cooperation between parents and teachers. (AEW)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation