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Publication Date: 2007
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The Effect of Teacher Communication with Parents on Students' Mathematics Achievement
Sirvani, Hosin
American Secondary Education, v36 n1 p31-46 Fall 2007
The study examined the effect of parental involvement on students' mathematics achievement. The investigator selected four Algebra I classes taught by one teacher and randomly placed two classes in the control group and two classes in the experimental group. The parents of the students in the treatment group received monitoring sheets twice a week, that contained students' scores on daily homework and test grades, but the parents in the control group did not receive monitoring sheet. Students in the experimental group outperformed the students in the control group. With respect to gender, the results showed that parental involvement did not affect student achievement differently. Lower achieving students, in the experimental group significantly outperformed such students in the control group.
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Comparative Analysis, Homework, Grades (Scholastic), Gender Differences, Secondary School Mathematics
Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Education. 229 Dwight Schar Building, 401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH 44805. Tel: 419-289-5273; Web site: http://www3.ashland.edu/ase
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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