The Family-School Partnership Lab

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Scale: Students Perception of Parents’ Explicit Behavior (40 items)
reported standardized alpha = ?

Source : Lab developed
This scale assesses the extent to which a student perceives that the parent instructs, encourages, and reinforces behavior conducive to achievement (i.e., intrinsic motivation to learn, strategy use, and academic and social self-efficacy) during homework involvement.

Response format and scale
All items in the scale use a Not true to Very true response format:
Not true = 1, A little true = 2, Pretty true = 3, Very true = 4

Instructions
Dear Student, Families do many different things when they help children with school. Please think about how your family helps you with school and fill in the circle that matches what is most true for them. Thank you!

Scale scoring
Total scale scores range from 40 to 160. Higher scores indicate that the child perceives more explicit behaviors by his or her parents.

Items

Sub Scale: Instruction (15 items)

Stem:
The person in my family who usually helps me with my homework teaches me…

… ways to make my homework fun.

… how to find out more about things that interest me.

… to try the problems that help me learn the most.

… to have a good attitude about my homework.

… to make sure I understand one part before I go on to the next.

… to take a break from my work when I get frustrated.

… how to check my homework as I go along.

… to go at my own pace while doing my homework.

… to keep trying when I get stuck.

… to stick with my homework until I get it all done.

… to work hard.

… to ask questions when I don't understand something.

… how to get along with others in my class.

… to follow the teacher's directions.

… to talk with the teacher when I have questions.

Sub Scale: Reinforcement (13 items)

Stem:
The person in my family who usually helps me with my homework shows me that he or she likes it when I…

…try to learn as much as possible.

…have a good attitude about doing my homework.

…want to learn new things.

…check my work.

…understand how to solve problems.

…organize my schoolwork.

…find new ways to do my work when I get stuck.

…stick with a problem until it gets solved.

…work hard on my homework.

…keep working on my homework even when I don't feel like it.

…ask the teacher for help.

…explain what I think to the teacher.

…explain what I think about school to him or her.

Sub Scale: Encouragement (12 items)

Stem:
The person in my family who usually helps me with my homework encourages me…

…when I don't feel like doing my schoolwork.

…when I have trouble organizing my schoolwork.

…to be aware of how I'm doing with my schoolwork.

…to try new ways to do schoolwork when I'm having a hard time.

…when I have trouble doing my schoolwork.

…to look for more information about school subjects.

…to develop an interest in schoolwork.

…to believe that I can do well in school.

…to believe that I can learn new things.

…to ask the teacher for help when a problem is hard to solve.

…to follow the teacher’s directions.

…to explain what I think to the teacher

The Family-School Partnership Lab is part of the Psychology and Human Development Department, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.