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Epstein, Joyce L. – 1986
A survey of teachers, parents, and school administrators concerning the types of parent involvement in the schools and classrooms revealed five major forms of parent participation: providing for their children's basic child-rearing needs and school-related requirements for supplies and space to work; school-home communication; involvement at…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Home Study, Limited English Speaking
Download full textEpstein, Joyce L. – 1983
A survey of parents of 1269 students in 82 first, third, and fifth grade classrooms in Maryland was conducted to investigate the effects (on parents) of parent involvement techniques (used by teachers) for learning activities at home. Some of the teachers were recognized by their principal for their leadership in the use of parent involvement,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Home Study, Learning Activities, Parent Attitudes
Becker, Henry Jay; Epstein, Joyce L. – 1981
A survey was taken to measure how 3700 elementary school teachers and 600 principals in Maryland school districts feel about parent involvement in home learning as a teaching strategy and to see how widespread this teaching strategy is. This summary of survey results provides information on the extent and use of varied techniques to involve…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Home Study, Learning Activities
Epstein, Joyce L. – 1984
Data from a survey of 1269 parents (of whom 24 percent were single parents) were used to study whether single and married parents differ in their interactions with elementary schools and teachers. Results indicate that initial differences between single and married parents' perceptions of teachers and teachers' evaluations of single and married…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Family Characteristics
Becker, Henry Jay; Epstein, Joyce L. – 1982
Survey data from 3,698 teachers in 600 schools in Maryland are used to explore the determinants of teachers' use of parent involvement strategies. Two questions are addressed: (1) How much do elementary school teachers organize their teaching practice to facilitate parent involvement in home learning activities? and (2) Which factors in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Epstein, Joyce L.; Herrick, Susan C. – 1991
In the summer of 1989, Summer Home Learning Packets in mathematics and language arts were distributed to seventh and eighth graders at Calverton Middle School (Maryland). The packets contained review exercises for students to complete with the help of their parents. In the first of the two studies reported in this document, "Reactions of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family School Relationship, Grade 7, Grade 8
