The Influence of Parental Involvement and Education Level on Latino Students' Academic Engagement and Performance
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Authors
Boggs, Saskia
Issue Date
2011
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Parental involvement has been linked to academic achievement across multiple age
groups, school subjects, and ethnic groups. However, researchers often disagree about the
extent of the relationship between parental involvement and student academic
achievement. Additionally, Latino families are often underrepresented in studies of
parental involvement. To determine the nature of parent involvement on various aspects
of Latino students' academic performance and engagement, data were taken from a larger
longitudinal study of Latino academic performance and analyzed using a series of
hierarchical linear regressions. The results suggest that within Latino populations,
parental involvement influences students' academic performance, but not students'
academic engagement. Parent involvement was shown to have a stronger effect on
performance in language arts-related subjects than in any other subject areas. The
research suggests that parental involvement benefits Latino students' academic
performance, especially in reading, and that schools should make a greater effort to
engage Latino parents in order to maximize the benefits of this association.
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