Parents Acquiring Learning Strategies (PALS): How Empowering Hispanic Parents Increases Parental Involvement and Student Achievement
Year: 2013
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Some Hispanic parents in Miami-Dade County show limited involvement in the educational process of their children. Currently, Miami-Dade County Public schools consists of an increasingly high number of language minority students who come from homes where parents are limited in their English proficiency. Consequently, these parents have difficulty assisting their children with schoolwork and often feel they lack adequate skills to involve themselves in school curricula. The lack of parental involvement by this population has a negative impact on students ’ learning and their academic achievement. The purpose of this study is to impact the level of participation of these families and to study its ultimate effect on students ’ academic achievement. Theoretical Framework Research indicates that there is a positive influence on children when parents support and encourage their children’s learning (Olsen & Fuller, 2003). Positive correlations have been found between parental involvement and children’s achievement test scores, grades, motivation and attitudes, classroom behavior, self esteem, and school attendance (Finn, 1998). Three types of parental involvement at home are consistently associated with aiding student performance at
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2243160473