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Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Impact of Parent Involvement on Preschool English Language Learners' Ability to Learn the English Language
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: Montessori preschool children who are English Language Learners (ELL) age three to five, consisting of one female and six males. It was conducted in two different preschool classrooms, focusing on literacy skills as well as oral communication skills. The direct aim of the study was to help children successfully learn English as their second language while keeping their native language. Researchers also investigated whether parental involvement increased the ability of ELLs to learn the English language. Data collection procedures utilized were: (1) parent interviews, (2) observation and anecdotal records, (3) pretest, and (4) post-test. A take-home literacy kit was used to measure the effectiveness of parental involvement. Researchers also provided a take-home literacy kit for parents to work on with their child at home. Parents were given a total of four literacy kits, one new kit each week. Result of this research indicated an improvement in parent and child interaction. The take-home literacy kit fostered communication between parent and child because words were translated in their home language. Over the course of four weeks, children showed great interest in literacy and progress in their communication skills.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2014
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Benefits of Parent-School Partnerships: A Cooperative Approach to Increase Student Learning and Achievement
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This action research study was conducted at a rural Montana public school and included students in the first through third grade and their parent participants. The study investigated the ways that parent participation, through parent-school partnerships, could benefit student learning and achievement. The study used a combination of student surveys and interviews, while the parents completed an online survey and questionnaire. The results of the study focused on students’ perceptions of their parents’ involvement in their educational experience as well as primary ways that parents communicate with their child’s school, teachers, and their involvement with their child in and out of school. Further investigation of this study would focus on specific ways parents are involved in their child’s educational experience and observing and documenting parent-student involvement through a school-hosted program during a school day.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2014
Article
Aggressive Play: Contributing Factors of Parental Roles on 3-6-Year Old Boys
Publication: College of St. Elizabeth Journal of the Behavioral Sciences, vol. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 27-30
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Abstract/Notes: This study assessed whether there is a correlation between parenting styles (permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian) and the level of aggressive acts and aggressive language in children's play. The participants were 31 parents and their preschool-age boys from a suburban Montessori School in Northwestern New Jersey. A parenting style survey from Active Parenting was used to assess the parent's discipline style. Following this, by the use of event sampling forms, the children of the participating parents were assessed for the level of aggression during play. The results indicated that there was no significant correlation between parenting style, level of aggressive acts and language.
Language: English
ISSN: 1940-154X
Article
Children and Working Parents
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1991, no. 4
Date: 1991
Pages: 35–40
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Observation
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 21, no. 1
Date: 2001
Pages: 16
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Extended Day
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 18, no. 3
Date: 1999
Pages: 14
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Gender and the Montessori Environment
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 23, no. 2
Date: 2004
Pages: 15
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Cooperation
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 21, no. 3
Date: 2002
Pages: 14
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Community
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 23, no. 3
Date: 2004
Pages: 17–18
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Language: English
Article
Parents Ask . . . About Summer
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 19, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 8–9
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Language: English