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Bond, Carole L.; And Others – 1996
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…
Descriptors: Homework, Instructional Material Evaluation, Parent Education, Parent Participation
Nadon, Isabelle; Normandeau, Sylvie – 1997
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'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Grade 2
Fletcher, Richard K., Jr. – 1997
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…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, High Schools, Homework, Parent Attitudes
Patterson, G. R.; Yoerger, K. – 1991
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Homework
Adamek, Sue; And Others – 1984
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,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Guidelines, Homework
Foyle, Harvey C.; Bailey, Gerald D. – 1986
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,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Parent Participation
Cotton, Kathleen J. – 1988
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)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Wood, Janice – 1984
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…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Mandes, Carolyn P.; And Others – 1986
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…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education, Homework
Blackwell, William R. – 1979
The Dial-A-Teacher Assistance project (DATALINE) is a telephone resource center which provides assistance or information to parents and pupils about problems related to homework, as well as information about Parent Partnership activities and services available to parents and children in the School District of Philadelphia. The theory behind the…
Descriptors: After School Education, Continuing Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Talmage, Harriet; Rasher, Sue Pinzur – 1979
In examining three dimensions of instructional time (teacher preparation time, student homework time, direct in-class instructional time), the objectives of this study were to determine which dimensions or combination of dimensions correlate with achievement, and whether the dimensions differentially affect achievement based on grade and ability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Homework
Reising, R. W. – English In Texas, 1971
This document discusses techniques for teaching Shakespeare at the secondary level. It is suggested, by way of innovation, that a teacher working with a Shakespearean drama (1) ask each of his students to select and bring to class a magazine or newspaper picture of a contemporary person (e.g., an athlete, a politician, a police officer, a nurse…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creative Thinking, English Instruction, Essays
Beattie, Nicholas – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
The author reviews the advantages and disadvantages of homework in secondary schools. He argues for a policy of clear assignments geared to the developmental levels of the students: brief, structured tasks for younger students moving toward self-directed projects in the higher grades. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Homework

Walker, Jearl D.; And Others – American Journal of Physics, 1977
Describes a procedure for integrating computer graded homework into physics courses. (SL)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers

Journal of Reading, 1986
Offers (1) suggestions on how to teach students the importance of regular study habits for learning to spell, (2) story ideas to help students get started with creative writing, and (3) a model of a daily record assignment book to help students organize and remember their homework assignments. (SRT)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Recall (Psychology)