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Download full textShumow, 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
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
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
Peer reviewedShumow, Lee; Lomax, Richard G. – School Community Journal, 2001
A person-process-context ecological systems model provides an organizing framework for examining student and parental perceptions of school safety. Overall, adolescent age, SES, and neighborhood predicted school characteristics. School characteristics predicted parental involvement in schools, peers' educational expectations, exposure to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Perception, School Safety
Peer reviewedShumow, Lee; Harris, William – School Community Journal, 2000
Two studies examined teachers' perspectives on parents' involvement in urban elementary schools serving low-income families. The second- and fifth-grade teachers interviewed believed homework supervision and at-home enrichment experiences were most valuable parental-involvement approaches. Teachers attending a summer workshop evinced critical…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Interviews, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedShumow, Lee – School Community Journal, 1997
Explores ideas parents hold about issues underlying current constructivist school reforms. Summarizes semistructured interview data from 34 Midwestern parents concerning elementary schooling goals, how learning occurs, teachers' classroom roles, assessment of children's learning, and parents' roles in education. Parents agreed more on the means…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Objectives
