Parents of kindergarten and third grade children were surveyed using the Parent Involvement Questionnaire (PIQ) to determine the kinds of child involvement activities in which parents are engaged and the amounts of time parents are spending in child involvement activities. Teachers were asked to rate classroom behaviors and academic achievement of the children using the Classroom Behavior Inventory (CBI). Analyses of variance and Pearsons' correlations were utilized to determine: (1) a relationship existed between the kinds of child involvement activities of parents and the academic achievement of the children; children of parents participating in more overall child involvement activities were rated higher on academic achievement than children of parents participating in fewer overall child involvement activities; (2) the kinds of child involvement activities of parents differed by grade level of the child; parents of third graders participated in more school, community and overall child involvement activities than parents of kindergarten children; (3) the amounts of time spent in child involvement activities differed by family form; stepfamilies spent more time in community and school child involvement activities than other families. There were significant relationships between the CBI subscales of creativity, verbal intelligence, dependence, and distractibility and the variable of kinds of child involvement activities obtained from the PIQ. The results of the study have implications for parent educators in curriculum planning, teachers in designing parent involvement programs, and family professionals in working with diverse family forms. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-04, Section: A, page: 0870. / Major Professor: Eileen M. Earhart. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77993 |
| Contributors | Christian, Linda Garris., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 202 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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