What Matters? A Cross-Country Analysis of Parental Involvement and Student Achievement Público

Murray, Olivia Grace (2015)

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This study explores the relationship between traditional and nontraditional parental involvement (PI) actions and student achievement, holding family economic, social, and cultural status; school-level parent expectations; and student gender constant. Using a large-scale analysis of data from 15-year-olds in 14 economies, I found that, of the statistically significant PI items, nontraditional PI is typically positively associated with student scores, and traditional PI is typically negatively associated with student scores. These findings may provide support for the reactive hypothesis.

Table of Contents

Introduction.....1

Research Questions.....3

Educational Significant.....3

Literature Review.....4

Parental Involvement.....4

Parent Practices.....6

Traditional Involvement.....9

Nontraditional Involvement.....11

Control Variables.....12

Methodology.....20

Data Set Background.....20

Data Analysis.....23

Results.....27

Factor Analysis.....27

Regression Analysis.....29

Asia.....34

Eastern Europe.....36

Western Europe.....37

Limitations.....38

Conclusion.....39

Summary of Research Questions.....39

Recommendations.....40

Future Studies.....42

Final Thoughts.....42

References.....44

Appendix: Descriptive Statistics of Variables.....48

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