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Effects Of Family On Children's Academic Achievement, 2002.
Examines how the family role and structure impact academic achievement in children.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 37 sources, $ 55.95
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Examines how the family role and structure impact academic achievement in children. Uses structural family theory and parental attachment theory as theoretical background in a discussion of the effects of different family structures. Historical perspective. Early and contemporary research studies. Crucial importance of family involvement and parental support.
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"EFFECT OF FAMILY ROLE AND STRUCTURE ON
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN
Theoretical Background
Structural family theory and parental attachment theory will be used as a theoretical background to assist with the investigation into the effects of family role and structure on academic achievement in children. Kenny and Donaldson (1991) report on the theory of structural family theory, developed by Minuchin in 1974. According to this theory, a healthy family yields feelings of belongingness and differentiation to its members. With this in mind, a family that is either excessively enmeshed or disengaged tends to provide the opposite to its members. Interpersonal boundaries in the healthy ..."
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Children, Divorce and Academic Achievement, 2006.
An analysis of the effect of divorce on a child's academic performance.
1,996 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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Each year two million children experience the turmoil and emotional intensity of their parents' divorce and struggle to make sense of complex events. They will be forced to adapt to new environments and to less nurturing and attention from their parents. The number of children affected by divorce has more than tripled since 1960. Rates of divorce and remarriage (and in half of remarriages, another divorce) have soared in the United States, and the odds in the U.S. are about 50% now that a divorce will occur in a household before the children have grown up. How children function academically after the divorce is the focus of this essay.
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"Nearly always, the parents who are getting the divorce have less time and emotional capacity for parenting their children. They are involved in their own emotional crisis. For some children this becomes permanent. They have to grow up fast and help hold things together at home. They lose their childhood. As Sun and Li (2002) point out, "divorce had serious negative consequences on the psychological well being of children both before and after the divorce and... these negative effects could not be attributed to the pre-divorce conditions within the family" (cited in Children of Divorce web site)."
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Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement, 2002.
An analysis of the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper is on "Self-esteem and academic achievement". The main purpose of the paper is to explore that does any sort of relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement exists. It also analyzes that what strategies are pursued in order to protect self-esteem when it is threatened by a negative self-evaluation of school competence.
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Parent?s Involvement and Student Academic Achievement, 2002.
An analysis of the necessity and benefits of parental involvement in their children's academic life.
2,554 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper highlights the history of parental involvement in students? academic achievements. The paper discusses what actions are necessary for effective parental involvement, the impact on students is outlined and the accruing advantages to the parents as well as to the children being educated are presented.
Introduction
History of the Parents? Involvement
Background Overview
Growing Public Awareness
Research Findings on Procedural Progress
The Ongoing Effect
Development of Academics under the Perspective of Parental Involvement
The Montessori System
The Philosophy behind the Educational System
Linking Educational Materials to Practical Life Tools
The Environment and Students? Achievements in Subjects
Factors Affecting Parental Involvement
Importance of Parental Involvement
Effects of Parental Involvement
Benefits of the Effects
Conclusion
References
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"As educationalists search for ways to improve the modern educational system and to eradicate the problems in it, it is indispensable for them to investigate the causality of these problems and system?s shortcomings. It is apparent that the drawbacks do not come into being completely from academics. As a result, it is obvious that a dynamic involvement of parents in the education of their children is a requisite.
In order for student to achieve success academically, a relationship based on respect and mutual understanding between students, teachers, and parents is of the essence. Loopholes at any place in this relationship cause the academic achievements of a student to collapse into failures. However, an intimate and reinforced closeness can sustain immeasurable potential in student?s academic success (Brandt, Ronald S. (ED))."
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Mentoring to Improve Academic Achievement, 2008.
An analysis of the relationship between academic achievement and mentoring in schools.
1,577 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines the role of the mentor in the academic achievement of low-achieving students. It focuses on the history of mentoring, the description of the mentoring process and the relationship between mentoring and student achievement. The paper concludes that in most cases mentoring is a process that benefits both parties and assists in improving conditions in the academic setting or in the workplace.
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Introduction
The History of Mentoring
The Mentoring Process
The Relationship Between Mentoring and Student Achievement
Conclusion
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"As it related to academic achievement, the researchers focused on two measures of academic achievement: test scores and grades. The research results found that the mentored students in the first cohort were more successful academically that the students without mentors by the time 8th grade was completed. On the other hand, the mentored students in the second cohort actually did worse than the students without mentors. The researchers point out several reasons for the differences between these groups. One factor being the differences between the academic statuses of students in these groups. In addition, the participants were chosen differently between the two groups. The first cohort consisted of students that were chosen by teachers and the second was chosen randomly."
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Closing the Minority Academic Achievement Gap, 2004.
An exploration of the cause and effect of the academic achievement gap that exists between different ethnic groups.
3,785 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 104.95
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This paper examines how a great gap exists today between the academic achievements of white and Asian-Americans and the rest of the non-Asian minorities, which has been increasing steadily since the 1980s. The paper suggests the gap is a social construct created from the prejudice of the white majority and the unconscious and often paradoxical ways in which minorities inadvertently live up to their expected negative role. Other explanations for the achievement gap are discussed, but in the end, systemic prejudice mixed with the results of the ?stereotype threat? are seen to explain the burgeoning divide between minorities and the majority.
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"According to Steele?s extensive research, constant exposure to negative stereotypes results in one of two different responses. The individual may go through a process called ?disidentification? in which ?To reduce this stress he may learn to care less about the situations and activities that bring it about -- to realign his self-regard so that it no longer depends on how he does in the situation... Pain is lessened by ceasing to identify with the part of life in which the pain occurs.? (Steele, 1999, I) A more commonplace term for this process is tuning out -- for the student effectively tunes out not just negative stereotypical input, but also those parts of their life about which negative stereotypes may occur, such as the academic world. The other response is to gear up: to try doubly hard to overcome and disprove the stereotype. Most theorists would blame tuning out for the gap in achievement -- however, Steele suggests that gearing up may be equally to blame."
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Memory and Academic Achievement, 2004.
Looks at the relationship between memory and academic achievement.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 159.95
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This paper presents an overview of memory and the different types of memory and then takes a look at the relationship between memory and academic achievement. The paper also describes tests used to measure memory and learning.
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"This literature review, concerning the topic of the relationship between memory and academic achievement, addresses the following areas relevant to this study: history and overview of memory, different types of memory, memory and academic achievement, tests to measure memory and learning and a conclusion. Baddeley reported that whether memory needs to be regarded as a single system or two or more subsystems was a major controversy during the..."
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Academic Achievement, 2002.
How teachers define academic achievement and success.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper defines academic achievement from a teacher's perspective and focuses on recognition of a student's full understanding of material, as well as ways students can prove that understanding.
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Parental Involvement and Academic Achievement, 2007.
This paper examines the link between parental involvement in children's schooling and their academic success.
804 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper relates that the level of parental involvement in children's schooling has always been intuitively accepted as being positively associated with academic achievement and high test scores. The paper examines relevant studies and shows how the forms of parental involvement that are most beneficial to the students remain mostly unexplored by most of the current literature. The paper maintains that studies should be conducted isolating precisely what parental habits most strongly correspond with high grades. The paper points out that although the signs are somewhat compelling that parenting style may be more influential than mere parental encouragement, they are not convincing enough to make a definite conclusion.
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"An article published by Suet-Ling Pong investigates the variances along the lines of the structure of the household. Pong notes that, "Growing proportions of children in the United States reside with a single biological parent, and there are also more children attending schools where the majority of students are from single-parent families or stepfamilies," (Pong 734). Pong analyzes eighth grade reading and math scores to determine that schools exhibiting a majority of students from single-parent homes statistically score lower on such exams. This trend is found to be true even after the demographic background of the parents is factored in--how far they went in school."
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Parental Involvement in Student Academic Achievement, 2006.
An assessment of the literature on parental involvement in student academic achievement.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explores the findings in relation to parental involvement in student academic achievement. The paper provides a basic review of the historical literature and the most important themes expressed within the recent literature that are relevant to the topic. Flaws in methodology are explored, and it is concluded that more research must be done.
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"In the 1960s, studies in pedagogical theory began to focus more closely on the impact that parental involvement had upon student academic performance. The data began to indicate that parents who expressed an interest not only in a child's report cards but also in homework, meetings with teachers, and community-wide improvement of the schools performed better overall than students who had parents that did not express the same high level of emotional or resource (e.g.: time) investment. The correlation between parental involvement and student academic achievement was perplexing to many researchers; pedagogical theory tended to focus on how the student was performing as a result of personal attributes (e.g.: intelligence or natural aptitude) or in response to teaching strategies. "
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Peer Acceptance and Academic Achievement, 2005.
A study of five articles by different researchers to determine the correlation between peer acceptance and academic achievement.
3,151 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses research that reveals that academic success for children is strongly correlated with peer acceptance, friendship status, peer rejection, peer maltreatment, negative peer status, and the development of peer relationships. The writer sums up each of the five studies and points out its strengths and weaknesses. The writer explains how all five articles try to convey the fact that society needs to be more sensitive to social issues involving children that relate to peer acceptance since the level of peer acceptance for a child could potentially make or break the child's future chance for academic success.The writer concludes with recommendations for future research, such as a national standardized test, that would yield results that could be said to be typical of the entire country.
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"The group of articles all presented the same general result: peer acceptance is correlated to academic achievement. The methods used seem to be either the precursor or follow-up to each of the other articles depending on the order in which you read them. The studies used similar methods in order to find a correlation. The first two of the five studies used one-on-one interviews to determine how much of a factor peer acceptance played into academic achievement. Both of these studies used point scales in order to get responses from the participants. The last two studies were longitudinal studies that wanted to know if peer acceptance affected academic achievement in the long run. Both of these studies used self-reports and teacher-reports to determine the degree of peer acceptance."
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Students, Sports and Academic Achievement., 2006.
A discussion regarding the possibility of a link between Latino high school students, sports and academic achievement.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 13 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the limited educational research done to-date that is relevant to the role high school athletic programs plays in motivating Latino students to achieve academically, if any. The paper then goes on to confirm, deny or ascertain that there is a lack of a sufficient body of sound statistical evidence to support the conventional wisdom in the educational field that three is little if any correlation between playing sports and getting good grades in general, and in relation to particular ethnic groups.
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Counselors and Academic Achievement, 2007.
This paper explores how counselors can contribute to improving the academic achievement in their schools.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper explores several areas in which a school counselor can be effective. This includes monitoring group discussions, working with the parents of the students and tracking test results to be sure that students are placed in proper classes according to their interests and abilities.
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Resources
Using the Resources
Methods That Can be Used
Addressing Specific Issues
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"Many schools including this one, use standardized testing to determine not only what the student has learned in the past, but also to determine what would be an appropriate grade level or class level for them to move to next(Marshall, 2004). For example, a student that consistently places in the 95 percentile or higher on standardized testing in math, would most likely become bored in a standard math class. Therefore, using this resource as one indicator that the student may benefit from advanced placement classes, is one way that the counselor can help improve academic achievement of the students(State, 1999)."
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Race and Academic Achievement, 2002.
A research design examining the relationship between race and ethnicity and academic achievement.
2,801 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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A study to see whether students from five racial classifications ? White, Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American ? show statistically significant differences in their scores in reading and math. Using disaggregated data, this study would also examine whether significant differences occur within these racial classifications. In addition, this paper would study whether socio-economic status and language proficiency have a significant effect on a child?s reading and math skills.
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"This goal of this paper is to contribute to studies about racial classifications and educational policy. If the test scores of vary significantly between the groups, measures should be taken to address the problem and ensure that the educational needs of all children are met. In addition, by examining the disaggregated data, this paper will examine whether the broad racial categories are an accurate method to classify students in educational policy research. These broad racial categories may mute important differences among racial subgroups. Again, if such differences occur, they should also be addressed through educational policy. Finally, while the primary goal of this study will be to analyze the effect of race and ethnicity on a student?s reading and math skills, this paper will also look at how differences both among and within racial classifications may be affected by socioeconomic status and language proficiency."
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Child Abuse and Academic Achievements, 2002.
An examination of how child abuse affects academic achievements.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper looks at theories and strategies concerning victims of child abuse, neglect or maltreatment and how this affects their academic records.
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