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Impact of Latino Parent Engagement on Student Academic Achievement: A Pilot Study
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Araque, Juan Carlos; Wietstock, Cathy; Cova, Heather M.; Zepeda, Steffanie – School Community Journal, 2017
The current pilot study examines the impact of the "Ten Education Commandments for Parents" program on (1) new immigrant Latino parents' knowledge of the U.S. public education system, (2) parent engagement, and (3) their children's academic achievement. Utilizing a pre-experimental, pre- and post-test research design, four schools with…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parents, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Using Technology-Based Simulations to Promote Teacher Candidate Parental Collaboration and Reflective Instructional Decision Making
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Accardo, Amy; Xin, Joy – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2017
In teacher preparation programs, teacher candidates are expected to learn parental collaboration through their required college coursework and field experiences. Due to confidentiality requirements in field placements, however, teacher candidates are typically not provided an opportunity to attend IEP or 504 plan conferences. In this study,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Simulation, Decision Making, Statistical Analysis
Immediate Effects of a Program to Promote School Readiness in Low-Income Children: Results of a Pilot Study
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Pears, Katherine C.; Healey, Cynthia V.; Fisher, Philip A.; Braun, Drew; Gill, Colt; Conte, Holly Mar; Newman, Judy; Ticer, Sara – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
Children from low-income backgrounds demonstrate poorer school readiness skills than their higher-income peers. The Kids In Transition to School (KITS) Program was developed to increase early literacy, social, and self-regulatory skills among children with inadequate school readiness. In the present study, 39 families participated in a pilot…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
The Development and Testing of Parent Involvement in Driver Education.
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Reaser, Joel M.; And Others – 1975
A driver education program which integrated professional in-class instruction with parent-supervised on-road driving practice is described. Major sections deal with instructional materials development and pilot testing. The program was planned in two levels: MP (model program, with full parental participation including meetings with instructors)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Driver Education, Instructional Materials
An Evaluation of Early Education Classes in Queensland.
Turner, Terry; Miles, Jackie – 1980
This report is an evaluation of a pilot form of preschool education in Queensland, Australia. Following background information (Chapter I) about the sampling methodology used in and the administration of the study, the classroom environment and the teachers' work program are described in Chapter II. The effect of the early education classroom…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Family Numeracy Adds on: The Follow-Up Study of the Basic Skills Agency's Pilot Programme
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Brooks, Greg; Hutchison, Dougal – Basic Skills Agency, 2002
In 1998 the authors published research with NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) "Family Numeracy Adds Up" showing how parents and children had gained from fourteen pilot family numeracy programmes. It showed strong evidence of the double benefits of work with families. Children have an early boost in their learning and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Peer Groups, Family Literacy, Followup Studies