This study explores gender differences in approaches to studying for GCSE among high-achieving pupils. The sample comprised 310 Year 10 and 11 pupils from two single-sex schools. Pupils completed a self-reported questionnaire designed to assess approaches to studying for GCSE, including statements relating to coursework, examinations, research,…

This article discusses the rise of cut-and-paste plagiarism in schools. Students are constantly searching for essays online, however, they did not know that their teachers are using the same technology to catch them cheating. Plagiarism is happening on campuses nationwide. Yet, with veritable libraries at their fingertips, students see nothing…

This paper is a report on an attempt to teach students in their first and second year of university how to write mathematics. The problems faced by these students are outlined and the system devised to emphasize the importance of communicating mathematics is explained.

The purpose of this work is to identify process measures of student interaction with a course management system (CMS). Logs maintained by Web servers capture aggregate user interactions with a Website. When combined with a login system and context from the course recorded in the CMS, more detailed measures of individual student interaction can be…

This paper identifies three noncognitive domains relevant for academic achievement in K-12-- student engagement, behavioral learning strategies, and school climate. The paper also documents empirical findings that show relationships between these three noncognitive domains and academic achievement, especially in the areas of reading and…

This report describes a program for improving homework on-time completion with high school Fundamental Algebra students in an urban gifted and arts magnet high school. The Grade Control Chart was selected as a strategy for presenting students with a visual reminder of the value of timely completion of homework. The skills needed to produce this…

This evaluation report of the "Learning Is Homegrown" workshop series, given by Dorothy Rich in a large school district, focuses on the workshops and the learning materials and their impact on parent-child relationships as perceived by parents. The evaluation report first points out that the dropout rate and low reading scores of the…

This investigation tested the influence of parents' involvement with homework as a moderator variable in the relation between children's cognitive abilities (predictor variable) and their school achievement (outcome variable). Participants were 55 French-speaking second graders and their parents. Two dimensions (quantity and quality) of parents'…

During the past 4 years block scheduling has been adopted by a majority of the high schools in Middle Tennessee. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the effects of the new schedule. Data were gathered from a questionnaire that was completed by 280 teachers and approximately 2,000 students from 6 high schools in the region. Both…

A study was designed to determine whether mediational models of parenting patterns account for significantly more variance in academic achievement than more general models. Two general models and two mediational models were considered. The first model identified five skills: (1) discipline; (2) monitoring; (3) family problem solving; (4) positive…

Ways parents can help their teenagers succeed in school are offered by teachers in the Minnetonka (Minnesota) Public Schools. Sections of the parent guide concern: (1) encouragement--encouraging the student through generous praise, encouraging best efforts, communicating love, making education a family priority, avoiding pressuring the teen,…

The concept of parent involvement in the school curriculum has been evolving over a period of years. As schools become more sophisticated in the education of children, they must become correspondingly more sophisticated in working with the parents of the children. A High-Active Parent Invovlement Program involves administrators, teachers, parents,…

This monograph focuses on classroom-level monitoring of student learning progress and what research says about the relationship between such monitoring and the student outcomes of achievement, attitudes, and social behavior. Findings of research studies on the topic are synthesized and 42 key references are cited and annotated. (JD)

Resulting from a joint venture between the University of North Florida and the Duval County Public School System, homework assistance programs are available to students in the large urban public school system of Jacksonville. The homework assistance programs are committed to providing a free source of immediate aid to students and parents who…

This study undertook to identify parental perceptions of variables related to their child's education and to determine differences in perceptions of groups of parents categorized by grade level, race, and sex of the child. Survey questionnaires were distributed to parents of the students at Marvin Pittman Laboratory School, a K-8 school with 457…