The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement and Adjustment: a literature review

By C. DesForges, Alberto Abouchaar. 2003

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Tackling low educational achievement (2007, background): “The scale of the impact is evident across all social classes and all ethnic groups ' ( Desforges and Abouchaar , 2003 ) .”
“It all comes down to the leadership” (2014, result): “Consistent with the research literature (Desforges, 2003; Hornby and Witte, 2010; Vazquez-Nuttall et al., 2006), parents in our study who may have enjoyed an active presence in their child’s primary school with regular communication with teachers and the principal spoke about their greater physical,”
Relationship between affect and achievement in science and mathematics in Malaysia and Singapore (2012, background): “…social and educational values, high aspirations relating to personal fulfilment and good citizenship, contact with schools to share information, participation in school events, participation in the work of the school and participation in school governance (Desforges and Abouchaar 2003).”
‘They’ve Always Been There for Me’: Grandparental Involvement and Child Well‐Being (2009, background): “Desforges and Abouchaar (2003) have shown that parental interest and active involvement in their children’s education is the best predictor of a child’s educational attainment.”
Walking the Walk: Portraits in Leadership for Family Engagement in Urban Schools (2009, background): “The past 30 years produced extensive research on parental involvement (Davies, 1987; Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003; Epstein & Sanders, 1998; Ferguson et al., 2008; Henderson, 1987; Henderson & Mapp, 2002), much of it evolving as a means to improve the outcomes of children from socioeconomically disa”
Poverty, family resources and children's early educational attainment: The mediating role of parenting (2011, background): “An extensive research literature, including reviews by Shonkoff and Phillips ( 2000b ), Demo and Cox ( 2000 ), Desforges and Abouchaar ( 2003 ) and Gutman et al .”
Investigating relationships between school context, teacher professional development, teaching practices, and student achievement in response to a nationwide science reform (2018, background): “…reading achievement levels (i.e., PSAT scores) with students' current knowledge (i.e., AP scores) (e.g., Ewing et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2014), as well as research that relates students' family background with student achievement (Davis-Kean, 2005; Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003; Woessmann, 2004).”
Barriers to parental involvement in education: an explanatory model (2011, background): “There is now an extensive research literature indicating that PI is advantageous for children of all ages (Cox 2005; Desforges and Abouchaar 2003; Eccles and Harold 1993; Epstein 2001).”
A review of the relationship between parental involvement indicators and academic achievement (2018, background): “Parental involvement is commonly thought to simply decline as children move up to middle and high school (e.g., Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003).”
The power of Interactive Groups: how diversity of adults volunteering in classroom groups can promote inclusion and success for children of vulnerable minority ethnic populations (2013, background): “Research has shown that parental involvement in their children’s education has a positive impact on several aspects of children’s development and academic performance (Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003).”
Relationships between perceived parental involvement in homework, student homework behaviors, and academic achievement: differences among elementary, junior high, and high school students (2015, background): “…in children’s education has received considerable attention from researchers, educators, parents, politicians, and the media (Dearing et al. 2006; Desforges and Abouchaar 2003; Epstein et al. 2009; Fan and Chen 2001; Hill and Chao 2009; Hoover-Dempsey et al. 2001; Sheldon and Epstein 2002).”
SLEEP AS A DETERMINANT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA (2014, background): “Desforges and Abouchaar described the parental involvement as “good parenting at home,” including conditions of a secure sustainable environment, intellectual stimulation, parent-child discussion, the pattern of educational and social values, high expectations for personal achievement, contact with ”
Parental involvement to parental engagement: a continuum (2014, background): “To be most effective, parental engagement needs to be rooted in the home, in an attitude that fosters learning in the home, as this has been shown to be most positively related to children’s achievement (Desforges and Abouchaar 2003; Sylva et al. 2003).”
School–family relationships, school satisfaction and the academic achievement of young people (2017, unknown): “…until today, there has been significant focus and investment at both national and local levels in the implementation of programmes aimed at increasing parent involvement (Department for Children, Schools and Families 2008; Department for Education and Skills 2007a; Desforges and Abouchaar 2003).”
Boundary Dynamics: Implications for Building Parent-School Partnerships (2009, background): “…Lopez, 2001); • parents participation in school activities (Mapp, 1999; Stevenson & Baker, 1987); • parental rules imposed in the home that affect education (Keith, Reimers, Fehrmann, Pottebaum, & Aubey, 1986); and • developing a supportive home environment (Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003; Xu, 2001).”