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Direct linkBoaduo, Nana Adu-Pipim; Milondzo, K. S.; Adjei, Alex – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study surveyed 45 selected primary and secondary schools in Botswana which aimed to identify how parent and community involvement in the governance of schools affect teacher effectiveness and improvement of learner performance. The study started from January 2005 to December 2006. Literature review, administration of questionnaires, interview…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Involvement, Governance
Joe, Emanique M.; Davis, James Earl – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
This study examined the relationship between parental influence and the school readiness of African American boys, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: ECLS-K, Parents' influence, via their academic beliefs and behaviors, was associated with the cognitive performance of African American boys during kindergarten. While previous…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, Parent Participation
Bang, Yoo-Seon – Young Children, 2009
Family involvement is an essential factor in U.S. schools, especially in the education of young children. The parents' role is critical in early childhood education, because moving from home to school is a major transition for children and families. Research supports the benefits of family involvement for children's future academic achievement,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Young Children
Claes, Ellen; Hooghe, Marc; Reeskens, Tim – Educational Studies, 2009
In recent years, various governments and education agencies have developed stricter policies to reduce truancy levels, mainly based on the argument that truancy is associated with risk behaviour, crime and substance abuse. In this article, we use a large, 28-nation comparative survey among 14 year olds to detect general patterns in consequences…
Descriptors: Truancy, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics
Download full textLawrence, Barbara Kent – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2009
This review of literature about gifted rural education reveals not only important information but the need for further work. The concepts presented have applicability that is not exclusively rural, but they derive from studies done with rural students and take rural culture, history, and circumstances into account. Understanding the context of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent, Rural Areas, Rural Education
Branson, Diane M.; Bingham, Ann – Young Exceptional Children, 2009
The transition from early intervention to early childhood special education is only one of the many transitions that children with disabilities and their families will face throughout their lives (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2004). This transition, however, can be particularly difficult for children and parents (Hanson et al.,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Cooperative Planning
Creech, Andrea; Hallam, Susan – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
The research reported here forms part of a UK study that investigated the impact of interpersonal interaction on teaching and learning outcomes, in the context of learning a musical instrument. This article presents the findings relating to parents, exploring how parental involvement, self-efficacy and personal satisfaction were influenced by…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Musical Instruments
Nespor, Jan; Hicks, David; Fall, Anna-Maria – Disability & Society, 2009
Drawing on interviews with parents of children with complex disabilities in several school systems in a US state, this paper examines how temporal units such as the school day and school year and practices organized around artifacts like clocks and calendars work as "devices of temporal distanciation" to separate children with disabilities from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parents, Interviews, Special Needs Students
Raju, P. Mohan; Asfaw, Abebech – Education 3-13, 2009
The study investigated the predictive nature of test anxiety on achievement in the presence of perceived general academic self-concept, study habits, parental involvement in children's learning and socio-economic status. From a population of 2482 Grade 6 students from seven government primary schools of a sub-city in Addis Ababa, 497 participants…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Borba, Mary – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
The gap in academic achievement between English speakers and English learners continues to concern educators, parents, and legislators. Rising expectations for literacy and the increasing number of students from diverse backgrounds contribute to this achievement gap. In this article, the author discusses a variety of strategies for reaching out to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Achievement Gap
Prosser, Theresa M. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2009
Parent involvement in preservice teacher education is an important component of that preparation. Parents' stories of their everyday experiences having an infant/toddler with disabilities can bring insights to future interventionists that no one else can provide. How do we get parents into the university classrooms? How do we help them tell their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Early Intervention, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Baskin, Monica L.; Zunker, Christie; Worley, Courtney B.; Dial, Brenda; Kimbrough, Linda – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: This paper seeks to describe the design, implementation, and lessons learned from an obesity prevention pilot program delivered in a low resource school in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: A planned program evaluation was conducted to: document explicitly the process of designing and implementing the program; and assess the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Obesity, Physical Activities, Program Evaluation
Soultatou, Pelagia; Duncan, Peter – Health Education Journal, 2009
Objective: To explore the barriers and facilitators of building partnerships in terms of the national school health education (SHE) curriculum in Greek secondary education. Setting: One large urban public secondary school, local authorities and external partners. Methods: A single case study, adopting an ethnographic approach, sought to record and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, International Schools, Comprehensive School Health Education, Focus Groups
Wells, Ryan – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2009
This study addresses the role that social and cultural capital play in first-to-second year persistence in higher education and examines how race and ethnicity are associated with initial levels of such capital. Using logistic regression analysis, the results show that social and cultural capital are positively significant for persistence in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnicity, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Scahill, Lawrence; Aman, Michael G.; McDougle, Christopher J.; Arnold, L. Eugene; McCracken, James T.; Handen, Benjamin; Johnson, Cynthia; Dziura, James; Butter, Eric; Sukhodolsky, Denis; Swiezy, Naomi; Mulick, James; Stigler, Kimberly; Bearss, Karen; Ritz, Louise; Wagner, Ann; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
This paper presents the rationale for a 24-week, randomized trial designed to test whether risperidone plus structured parent training would be superior to risperidone only on measures of noncompliance, irritability and adaptive functioning. In this model, medication reduces tantrums, aggression and self-injury; parent training promotes…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Education, Drug Therapy
