Interactive Homework in Middle School: Effects on Family Involvement and Science Achievement

By Frances L. Van Voorhis. 2003

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Parent Involvement in Homework: A Research Synthesis (2008, background): “Four of the five studies were unpublished (Austin, 1988; Pigford, 1987; Warrick, 2000; White, 1996), and one study was a journal article (Van Voorhis, 2003).”
From Pipelines to Partnerships: A Synthesis of Research On How Diverse Families, Schools, and Communities Support Children's Pathways Through School (2005, background): “…ican Amer ican students in a suburban Maryland middle school, those given weekly science activities with guidelines for doing them with families repor ted more family involvement in science and made better science grades than students with the same homework but no guidelines (Van Voorhis, 2003).”
Testing a Structural Equation Model of Partnership Program Implementation and Parent Involvement (2005, unknown): “…predictors of a variety of academic and nonacademic outcomes (Epstein, 1991; Epstein & Sheldon, 2002; Henderson & Mapp, 2002; Ho & Willms, 1996; Jordan, Orozco, & Averett, 2001; Keith et al., 1993; McNeal, 1999; Reynolds & Walberg, 1991, 1992; Sheldon & Epstein, 2003, 2005; Van Voorhis, 2003).”
Does Homework Improve Academic Achievement? A Synthesis of Research, 1987–2003 (2006, background): “The purposes of homework assignments can be divided into (a) instructional and (b) noninstructional objectives (cf. Epstein, 1988, 2001; Epstein & Van Voorhis, 2001; Lee & Pruitt, 1979).”
Parent Involvement in Urban Charter Schools: New Strategies for Increasing Participation (2011, background): “These studies conclude that involvement at home, especially parents discussing school activities and helping children plan their programs, appeared to have the strongest impact on academic achievement (Ingram, Wolfe, & Lieberman, 2007; Sui-Chu & Willms, 1996; Van Voorhis, 2003).”
Partnership Programs in U.S. Schools: Their Development and Relationship to Family Involvement Outcomes (2004, background): “Teachers’ use of homework requiring student-parent interactions, for example, has been shown to predict levels of involvement at home and academic achievement of middle school students (Balli, Demo, & Wedman, 1998; Epstein et al., 1997; Van Voorhis, 2003).”
The Case for and against Homework. (2007, background): “Epstein and colleagues conducted a series of studies to identify the conditions under which parental involvement enhances homework (Epstein, 2001; Epstein & Becker, 1982; Van Voorhis, 2003).”
Impact of Parental Support on the Academic Performance and Self Concept of the Student (2010, background): “A study conducted by Voorhis (2003) demonstrated that those students who reported more parental involvement in connection with daily homework, doing their homework assignments more regularly.”
A Case Study of the Partnership Schools Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Model (2005, unknown): “…to positive results for students, including improved achievement, attendance, and behavior (Catsambis, 2002; Catsambis & Beveridge, 2001; Epstein & Sheldon, 2002; Epstein, Simon, & Salinas, 1997; Ho & Willms, 1996; Lee, 1994; Sheldon, 2003; Sheldon & Epstein, 2002; Simon, 2004; Van Voorhis, 2003).”
Parents' Educational Involvement: A Developmental Ecology Perspective (2006, background): “The positive effect of school-based involvement on educational outcomes is explained by parent – teacher interaction that (1) acquaints parents (particularly of lower grades children) with children’s homework assignments and consequently facilitates parents’ home-based involvement (Epstein, 1990, 20”