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Article: Parental involvement, homework, and self-regulation.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2006
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Abstract
This study examined the predictive association between gender, ethnicity, parental involvement in homework, self-regulated learning processes, and motivational beliefs among a national sample of tenth grade high school students. A regression analysis revealed that motivational beliefs and use of self-regulated learning strategies are significant predictors of math standardized test scores beyond and above parents' active and reactive homework involvement and students' gender and ethnic differences. Students who engaged in self-regulation were better able to perform on the math standardized test.
Introduction
The ability of learners to ...