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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Shumow, Lee; Schmidt, Jennifer A. – School Community Journal, 2014
By high school, parent engagement is likely to differ not only by grade, but by subject. This study surveyed students enrolled in high school science classes and found that parents of freshmen (9th graders) are more involved at home, less involved at school, and equally involved in educational planning compared to parents of high school students…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Science Education, Science Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Shumow, Lee; Lyutykh, Elena; Schmidt, Jennifer A. – School Community Journal, 2011
Demographic and psychological predictors of parent involvement with their children's science education both at home and at school were examined during high school. Associations between both types of parent involvement and numerous academic outcomes were tested. Data were collected from 244 high school students in 12 different science classrooms…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Science Interests, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship
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Shumow, Lee; Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Kackar, Hayal – School Community Journal, 2008
Extant data collected through the Experience Sampling Method--a signal contingent method for gathering data about students' immediate experiences--were analyzed to describe adolescents' subjective experiences doing homework. Analyses were conducted to explore variation in subjective experience in relation to the contexts in which homework was…
Descriptors: Homework, Adolescents, Sampling, Student Motivation