Building and Maintaining a High Level of Education

Next, When students fail in school, teachers don’t bother to care nor to help because it was the student's decision to fail, although having parents jump in to the students problems; no matter what they will always support because the parents want the best out of him/her student. Also, parents look out for their child in the education challenges that gets to them. For example, Karther, Diane E. Lowden, Frances Y states,”Despite their own low school achievement, many parents value education, believing it to be a pathway to success for their children”(41). Parents are good reason why student tend to succeed in school after getting in the way of struggling by failing a class. One good reason that students will tend to focus in school and get a good passing grade is getting told by parents at home to do homework if not value electronics gets taken away. Teachers have limited control of students lives, so

Karla Carney-Hall writes a scholarly article to explain current trends in family involvement. Carney-Hall uses a collection of previous research results to acknowledge that “The college admission and financial aid process encourages (and sometimes requires) parent participation” (4). If parental involvement was not going to be beneficial for the students, hopefully colleges would not require them to be involved as much as they do. Another thing that Carney-Hall brings to the reader's attention is that many college students unexpectedly identify their parents as being the most influential people in their lives (5), which could ideally help them to have a support system as they go from high school to college. Elements of Terri LeMoyne and Tom Buchanan’s study contradict the viewpoint that helicopter parenting can be beneficial for the student’s transition into college. LeMoyne and Buchanan bring up the rather recent concept that “...college and university officials... have become so concerned about the supposed negative consequences of ‘hovering’ that they have funneled both money and staff into programs to handle these parents” (400). Taking their knowledge into consideration, it can be concluded that colleges

Therefore, lack of parental involvement can have a significant effect on a student’s educational setting and retard future growth (Fletcher & Vaughn, 2009). Parents who remain connected help foster certain perceptions that facilitate self-autonomy and sustained learning outcomes. However, if parents are educated on the importance of early discussions, they feel valued. When parent opinions are respected, their perceptions change (Pierce & Bruns, 2013). Parents who understand become true advocates, elicit further support, and build networks through which they can communicate and connect with others who have had similar experiences and facilitate environments of shared knowledge based on the RtI process (Glidden, 2008).

Throughout the research of journals there has been a major concern for the lack of involvement in education for parents. Parents play a crucial role in the instructional experiences of their children (Bracke & Corts, 2012). Schools cannot succeed without the help of parents. So, if that is a known, why are parents not more involved in their children’s education? There is a connection amongst these journals that relates the constant interaction with parents, teachers, and their children. Much of the research has been focused on the earlier years of schooling, but it does relate to older children as well as a progression. Parents can model appropriate behaviors and positive attitudes towards schools by taking an active interest in their child’s schooling and thereby demonstrating their own valuing of education (Chen & Gregory, 2009). Through gathered information on the journals the studies have shown that students whose parents are more involved in their education earn higher grades, have better attendance, and have fewer discipline problems than do their peers whose parents are less involved (Larocque, Kleiman, & Darling, 2011). When looking at these specific journals that relate to the topic, the question is always what I am looking towards solving is: Does parental involvement such as school-related activities, encouragement in academic success significantly predict variance in students overall performance in

Parent’s goals are to their children become successful learners so that children can do extremely well as an adult. Regardless if parents receive their high school diploma, parents still talk to their children about the importance of education (Thao, 2009).

As some may think that the over protective parent gets a sense of fulfillment out of being there for their child this is not always the case. However, when parents feel that they are providing the amount of support to their children they think they deserve is when the parents feel happy and get satisfaction out of it. Within the article by Fingerman, the students’ perception of the intense involvement linked to better satisfaction within their life because they were able to do more things and enjoy college instead of stress about big decisions and even finances. This may only be associated with the financial support and perhaps, the students would report other forms of intense support to be overwhelming and stressful. Even though, the reported sense of fulfillment some students feel when their parents financially support them, a great deal of research focuses on the negative outcomes that are associated with over involvement or types of control (Padilla-Walker et al., 2012). It seems that there needs to be an established healthy balance of support. Being overly supportive can be beneficial in some aspects, but it can also hinder the developing person establish independence

Parents are a primary role in their child’s developing stages of life, especially education. Even if they do not realize it, parents play a major part in whether their child succeeds academically or not. Studies have been done to demonstrate the need for parental involvement in children’s school life; the question is how involved should parents be. There are multiple views on how involved a parent should be in their child’s education. Children need a support system to help guide them throughout their school career; the argument between many is how involved parents should be in their child’s academics.

“A large body of research supports the assertion that parents’ attitudes, behaviors, and activities related to children’s education influence students’ learning and

Henderson and Mapp (2002) suggests that research strongly supports the notion that parent involvement has a positive and lasting effect on student performance and academic success. Yet, an increasing number of parents have developed a mindset that they are incompetent and unable to assist their child when it comes to academics and school related activities (Forman, 2006). Unfortunately, parents of disadvantaged students attending high poverty schools are more likely to believe they cannot assist their child academically and are less involved as compared to their counterparts attending low poverty schools (Cotton & Wikelund, 2001).

The primary participants for this study are marginally involved parents of low performing students attending a high poverty, rural school district in north central Oklahoma. The participants of this study will be selected during the Fall 2015 semester. Prior human subject approval from the researcher’s university will be obtained prior to the selection of participants. The researcher intends to select five parents from each grade level in Timothy C. Arnold Middle School and Oilton High School to represent viewpoints and perceptions related to parent involvement and academic achievement. The names of participants will be selected from sign-in sheets filled out at the “Meet Your Teacher Night”, an annual parent involvement activity sponsored by the school district, community organizations, and businesses each year prior to the beginning of

Parental involvement dramatically declines as students enter the middle grades and even more so as they enter high school. Data from the public use files of the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88) greatly enhanced the study of parental involvement in secondary education. The longitudinal nature of this national survey of eighth graders, their parents, and their schools provides the necessary data to study patterns of parental involvement over time.

Recent studies on parental involvement in education have found that there are many benefits for both the student and the adult when parents become involved in their children’s education. Without parent support, it is very difficult for a child to be motivated. From what I have seen growing up, only a small percentage of students are self-motivated, so it is absolutely vital that parents assist in the motivation process. I found this table to be particularly interesting and important.

Parents are the in charge of their children’s education until college under most circumstances. The expectations that they set are the goals their children usually either strive towards or overcome. Very rarely do I believe in a situation where promoting self-esteem in children when it comes to learning is a bad idea. There is a strong correlation between the parent’s views and their educational to their children’s educational outcome (Dubow, Boxer, & Huesmann 242). Which is why if parents do not demand student perform well in school, they usually don’t. Education level has a huge role in how parents lead their children. A veteran in the school system know how it works and that learning is never easy. These are the parents who believe their children’s intelligence to be more malleable, are more involved in their schooling. Staying involved with progress reports,

The webcast was very informative. A few factors that were shared never crossed my mind as being influential in regards to parental involvement. The webcast suggested that the student’s attendance rate was greatly influenced by the involvement of their parents in their educational process. However, this statement makes sense, but it’s never crossed my mind. The webcast also shared that a student’s attitude towards their educational endeavors was also a direct relationship with the degree of parental involvement in the student’s education. Subsequently, the webcast also shared that the more parental involvement the student has from their family; the chances of experiencing discipline problems decrease. It’s amazing how the involvement of the parents can cause a student to have such a positive disposition towards their education. Parental involvement shows the students that the parents are serious regarding their educational career; as a result it makes the student more accountable for their education.

The present study aimed to investigate parental involvement as a possible mechanism linking children 's academic achievement, and the mediation role of self-regulated learning. In line with earlier findings, the results of this study showed parental involvement is positively linked to children 's academic achievement. More important, self-regulated learning fully mediated the relation between parental involvement and children’s academic achievement. To be more specific, the motivation orientation component of self-regulated learning served as the mediating role.