Research Proposal for Academic Achievement and Parental Involvement Ess

AbstractMost recently there has been much heated debate regarding our childrens education and the blamed responsibility to be in the transfer of the educational system. However, researchers and educators generally agree that parents play an extremely important role in school-age childs academic development. Parents have been found to actually have the advantage everywhere peers, educators, counselors, and other professionals. This study examines the assumed relationship with a students academic achievement and the amount of parental involvement they receive. There also seems to be an increasing disposition toward higher educational expectations. High school sophomores in 1990 were more likely than sophomores in 1980 to report the expectation of receiving a bachelors or advanced college degree. Educational skill does appear to be increasingly important to students, parents, counselors, and teachers. These apparent trends in educational expectations and advice given by ad ults were consistent across races, socioeconomic strata, school type, section of the country, and student achievement levels (Rasinski et al., 1993). The purpose of this study is to merely examine the relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement. With the study of these two topics there are umteen various variables that help in determining the eventual out come. It is extremely difficult to form any conclusions regarding parental involvement because for the variety in conceptuality and the subjective measurement of parent involvement. Other variables obviously play important roles such as, internal locus of control (Baumrind, 1991 Trusty & Lampe, 1997), and self-esteem (Chubb & Fertman, 1992). It is generally accepte... ...reement with perceive maternal and paternal educational goals. Journal of Marriage and the Family. (43, 85-93). Smith, T. E. (1991). Agreement of adolescent educational expectations with perceived maternal and pater nal educational goals. Youth & Society. (23, 155-174). Steinberg, L., Lamborn, S. D., Dornbusch, S. M., & Darling, N. (1992). Impact of parenting practices on adolescent achievement Authoritative parenting, school involvement, and encouragement to succeed. Child festering. (63, 1266-1281). Trusty, J. (1996). Relationship of parent involvement in teens career development to teens attitudes, perceptions, and behavior. Journal of Research and Development in Education. (30, 317-323). Wilson, P. M., & Wilson, J. R. (1992). Environmental influences on adolescent educational aspirations. Youth & Society. (24, 52-70).