Parents and Students

Paper Summary:

This paper examines whether parental involvement promotes achievement on the part of students and, if so, then why it does. In order to attempt to discover the facts in this subject area, this work conducts a review of a large quantity of peer-reviewed literature. The hypothesis of this research study is that a parent's involvement in the education and activities of her child's school and daily schoolwork, positively impacts the academic achievement of the student.

Outline:
Statement of Purpose
Importance of the Research
Research Hypothesis
Research Questions
Literature Review
Methodology
Data Analysis
Expected Results
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Research conducted in the beginning of the 1970s decade revealed something very interesting. What was revealed was the "children were learning about literacy from their home environment before they came to school and that parents played an enormous part in supporting their children's literacy development." (Kelly et al eds, 1995) The project's name was the "Haringey Project" (Tizard et al, 1982; as cited by Kelly, 1995 p.27) The study of Hawes & Plourde (nd) was conducted for the purpose of making a determination of the relationship between reading achievement and parental involvement for sixth grade middle school students. Many studies have been conducted in relation to the impact of parental involvement on the success of students in school, and even in the area of achievement in reading."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cotton, Kathleen and Wikelunk, Karen Reed (nd) Parent Involvement in Education Online available at: http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/3/cu6.html.
• Carter, Susanne (2002) The Impact of Parent/Family Involvement on Student Outcomes: An Annotated Bibliography of Research from the Past Decade. Available Online at: http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/parent_family_involv.cfm.
• Concepts and Models of Family Involvement (2002) By Harvard Family Research Project May 2002 Online available at: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/p rojects/fine/resources/casestudy/intro.html.
• Kim O. Yap and Donald Y. Enoki, "In Search of the Elusive Magic Bullet: Parent Involvement and Student Outcomes," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, La., April Online available at: Online available at: http://www.pdkintl.org/research/rbulletins /resbul22.htm
• Brewster, Cori & Fager, Jennifer (2000) Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation: From Time-on-Task to Homework Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory October 2000. Online available at: http://www.nwrel.org/request/oct00/texto nly.html.

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