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Direct linkLauren Wittenberg – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the dynamics of our classrooms across the county continue to change, so must our teaching practices. Multilingual students live in homes with varied cultural and literacy experiences. Since multilingual families may not engage in school-based literacy practices, teachers often overlook the development of students' language and literacy skills.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Multilingualism, Cultural Influences, Family Characteristics
Hooker, Kathy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The benefits of effective parental involvement in education have been well documented and can be far reaching. When educators make an effort to involve families, parental involvement can be even more meaningful. Homework is a commonly practiced and accepted connection between school and home and affords parents many opportunities to interact with…
Descriptors: Homework, Science Instruction, Parent Participation, Family School Relationship
Clayton, JoAnn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
To improve students' reading abilities, an elementary school staff decided to supplement the regular curriculum with a free Internet reading program. To promote student participation in the supplemental program, the media specialist designed the Gumball Reading Program, which included student requirements and rewards. The requirements…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Improvement, Elementary Education, Reading Programs
Morrison, Tomasine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study sought to determine if participation in a home education learning program would impact the perceived levels of parental self-efficacy of parents/caregivers who participate in the completion of home-learning assignments and increase their levels of home-learning involvement practices. Also, the study examined the relationship between the…
Descriptors: Parent Student Relationship, Parents as Teachers, Self Efficacy, Parent Participation
St. George, Carol Yerger – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Parental involvement (broadly defined as including both natural parents and other significant adults) has been consistently shown to produce positive results in students' literacy achievement, and there is widespread agreement among parents and school personnel about the value of parental involvement in education. However, educators do not…
Descriptors: Action Research, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, School Personnel
Fessinger, Rosemary Kubiak – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study presents the results of a fifteen-month research project conducted with a group of Latina (Mexicana) immigrant mothers who took part in an after-school family literacy program that was grounded in a participatory approach to education. This family literacy program emphasized a "strengths" perspective by acknowledging the rich resources…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mothers, Family Literacy, Social Networks
