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Peer reviewedWatts, Mike – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Explores a semi-formal intervention in the public learning and understanding of science (PLUS) by involving school children and their family adults in project work in astronomy. Considers outcomes at three levels: general evaluative comments, gains for the family teams involved, and gains in the general public understanding of science. (Contains…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Parent Participation
Download full textLines, Patricia; Hawley, Jill Clark – 1994
This paper examines parenting practices reported by 29 seniors who won scholarships in the 1990 Westinghouse Science Talent Search (STS) for projects in mathematics or science. It uses measures of parenting developed by Sanford Dornbusch and others: Parents are "authoritative" if they encourage family discussions of controversial topics, prefer…
Descriptors: Educational Research, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Parent Attitudes
McDonough, Susan G. – 1995
The problem examined in this study deals with the extent to which parental help in preparing for a science fair and parental support for the project affect students' attitudes toward the science fair. Fifty subjects were randomly selected from a group of 110 6th-grade students. There were 28 girls and 22 boys selected from the central-Virginia…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedAdamson, Lauren B.; Foster, Martha A.; Roark, Martha L.; Reed, Donna B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Reports on a case study that examines the beginnings of gender differentiation during a naturally occurring academic activity designed to support and guide young children's interest in doing science. Contains 25 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science, Parent Participation
Menicucci, David F. – 1992
In seven chapters, this report details the Science Fair Self-Help Development Program, which was initiated in a pilot project at three middles schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during school year 1991-1992. The purpose of the program was to provide guidance to schools in developing their own parental and community resources into a sustainable…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Engineering Education, Extracurricular Activities, Family Involvement
