Parental Perceptions of Specific Teacher
or School Invitations to Involvement
Last updated: May, 2005
The scale, reported in Walker, Wilkins, Dallaire, Sandler & Hoover-Dempsey
(2005) was developed during a three-year study of the parental involvement
process (
Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 2005).
To create the measure, we identified six common involvement behaviors that
represent home-based activities (e.g., communicating with the child about
the school day, helping the child with homework, supervising the child’s homework)
and school-based activities (e.g., helping out at the school, communicating
with the teacher, attending special events at the school). The measure thus
assesses parents’ perceptions of specific invitations from teacher(s) or school
in these representative areas of parental involvement.
The scale employed a six-point Likert-type response scale: 1 = never; 2
= 1 or 2 times; 3 = 4 or 5 times; 4 = once a week; 5 = a few times a week;
6 = daily.
Alpha reliability reported by Walker et al. (2005; see also Hoover-Dempsey
& Sandler, 2005) was .81.
Participants were asked to respond to the following prompt:
“Dear Parent, please indicate HOW OFTEN the following have happened since
the beginning of this school year.”
1.
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My child’s teacher asked
me or expected me to help my child with homework?
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2.
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My child’s teacher asked
me or expected me to supervise my child’s homework?
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3.
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My child’s teacher asked
me to talk with my child about the school day?
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4.
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My child’s teacher asked
me to attend a special event at school?
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5.
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My child’s teacher asked
me to help out at the school?
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6.
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My child’s teacher contacted
me (for example, sent a note, phoned, e-mailed?)
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References:
Hoover-Dempsey, K.V., & Sandler, H.M. (2005).
Final Performance Report for
OERI Grant # R305T010673: The Social Context of Parental Involvement:
A
Path to Enhanced Achievement. Presented to Project Monitor,
Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, March 22, 2005.
Walker, J. M. T., Wilkins, A. S., Dallaire, J. P., Sandler, H.
M., &
Hoover-Dempsey, K. V. (2005). Parental involvement: Model
revision through scale development.
Elementary School Journal, 106(2);
85-104.
