Examining the Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Student Motivation

Parent involvement has a sound research base attesting to the many potential benefits it can offer in education. However, student motivation as an academic outcome of parental involvement has only recently been investigated. The purpose of this article is to show how parent involvement is related to students motivation. Studies of students from the elementary school to high school show a beneficial relationship between parental involvement and the following motivational constructs: school engagement, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, perceived competence, perceived control, self-regulation, mastery goal orientation, and motivation to read. From the synthesis of the parent involvement and motivation literature, we offer potential explanations for their relationship. Directions for areas of continued research are also presented.     

How Good Are Our Schools

ABSTRACT

Research suggests a positive relationship between schools’ efforts to engage parents and parents’ involvement in their child's education. The authors investigated school socioeconomic status, school size, grade level, and student–teacher ratio as predictors of schools’ efforts to engage parents of students receiving special education services. The dependent variable was the Schools’ Efforts to Partner with Parents’ Scale, which has been validated for states’ use in their federal accountability systems. Mean school-level scores were calculated for 265 schools in a large southeastern state. Results indicated that student–teacher ratio was the strongest predictor of parents’ perceived school engagement efforts. Implications are drawn for ways in which all schools, including those with high student–teacher ratios, can improve their collaboration with parents of students receiving special education services.     

中国不起诉制度探析

不起诉制度是我国现行刑事诉讼法确立的基本制度之一,研究我国不起诉制度确立的经过、不起诉案件的法定条件、裁量权和监督制约机制,以及现行不起诉制度存在的问题和对策,对于司法实践具有重要指导意义。     

试论自救行为的刑事立法

我国刑法理论界普遍承认自救行为具有正当性,但对自救行为的正当性依据问题颇有争议。笔者认为社会相当性说结合了其他学说的优点,主张对自救行为的各个特征如目的、手段、法益侵害等综合判断,具有合理性,可以作为自救行为的正当性依据。尽管如此,由于我国刑法没有明确规定自救行为是排除犯罪的正当行为,司法机关也质疑自救行为的合法性。因此,这就要求尽快对自救行为立法,赋予自救行为合法地位。