Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ450986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Two Studies of Low Income Parents' Involvement in Schooling.
Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; And Others
Urban Review, v24 n3 p185-202 Sep 1992
Studies ethnic differences in parent involvement and ways to increase involvement of low-income parents. Interviews with 83 parents (51 identified as Latino) of 83 students indicated parent attitudes. An intervention with 58 families of 119 kindergarten and first grade students resulted in greater participation than for 61 control families. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity, Grade 1, Hispanic Americans, Intervention, Interviews, Kindergarten Children, Low Income Groups, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Primary Education, Student Adjustment
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Language: English
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