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Loera, Gustavo; Rueda, Robert; Nakamoto, Jonathan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
This study focused on the link between parental involvement in reading and schooling and children's reading motivation. The sample consisted of 128 low-income Latino students in the second through seventh grade and their immigrant parents. The specific questions addressed were: (1) How involved are Latino parents in their children's schooling and…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Reading Motivation, Parent School Relationship, Hispanic Americans
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Ice, Christa L.; Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen V. – Education and Urban Society, 2011
A notable increase in the number of U.S. families choosing to homeschool their children in recent years has underscored the need to develop more systematic knowledge about this approach to education. Drawing on a theoretical model of parental involvement as well as research on families' social networks, this study longitudinally examines home- and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Home Schooling, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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Xu, Min; Kushner Benson, Susan N.; Mudrey-Camino, Renee; Steiner, Richard P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
This study examined the relationship between parental involvement, self-regulated learning (SRL), and reading achievement through analyzing the fifth grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K). The results identified six dimensions of parental involvement that are likely to foster SRL of fifth…
Descriptors: Homework, Extracurricular Activities, Reading Achievement, School Involvement