Parental Involvement, Instructional Expenditures, Family Socioeconomic Attributes, and Student Achievement

By C. Okpala, A. O. Okpala, Frederick E. Smith. 2001

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Involving Latino Parents With Mathematics Through Family Math Nights: A Review of the Literature (2009, background): “Clark (as cited in Okpala et al., 2001) found that aside from being emotionally supportive and helping with homework, parents set clear and consistent behavior limits for their children.”
Impact of Parental Support on the Academic Performance and Self Concept of the Student (2010, result): “The findings of the study conducted by Okpala, Okpala, and Smith (2001) also supports the view that economic circumstances are significantly correlated with academic achievement.”
The impact of socio‐economic status on participation and attainment in science (2009, result): “Supporting this finding is a study by Okpala, Okpala and Smith ( 2001 ), which indicates that expenditure on instructional supplies per student and parental volunteer hours were not significant in explaining test scores.”
The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement and Adjustment: a literature review (2003, background): “Okpala et al (2001) investigated the relationship between involvement (in terms of hours of volunteered in-school help), school spend (in terms of dollars per child spent on instructional supplies), parental SES and school achievement in one school district in North Carolina.”
Social support as a buffer in the relationship between socioeconomic status and academic performance. (2006, background): “The implications of these findings are important, as students of low SES (defined in the present study as participation in the free/reduced-cost lunch program) are indeed those students most in need of interventions that may buffer the challenges inherent in poverty and facilitate academic success f”
Do parents know they matter? Engaging all parents in learning (2008, background): “In contrast, parental engagement in general school activities confers little or no real benefit on the individual child (Okpala, Okpala and Smith 2001 ).”
Grade-Level Differences (2008, result): “This conjecture is consistent with findings of previous research suggesting that social class plays a vital role in affecting student achievement (e.g. Okpala et al., 2000, 2001).”
Children's Achievement in Early Elementary School: Longitudinal Effects of Parental Involvement, Expectations, and Quality of Assistance (2004, background): “…communication with their children regarding school issues (Keith et al., 1986); number of hours parents volunteer in their children’s schools (Okpala et al., 2001); parental involvement in school activities, such as conferences (Bobbett et al., 1995; Izzo et al., 1999; Miedel & Reynolds,…”