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Parent Choice of Involvement Activities
Last updated: May, 2005
The measure is reported in Walker, Wilkins, Dallaire, Sandler and Hoover-Dempsey
(2005) and in Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler (2005).
It was adapted from work by Epstein and Salinas (1993) and by Hoover-Dempsey,
Walker, Jones & Reed (2002). The measure is divided into two scales, Child-Specific
Involvement and School-General Involvement. Overall, it assesses parents’
choice of involvement activities or forms in children’s education.
The measure employs a six-point, Likert-type frequency scale: 1=Never,
2=1 or 2 times this year, 3-4 or 5 times this year, 4=Once a week, 5=A few
times a week, 6=Daily.
Alpha reliability for the two scales as reported in Walker et al. (2005)
and Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler (2005) was .85 for the Child-Specific Involvement
scale and .82 for the School-General scale.
Participants were asked to respond to the following prompt:
“Parent and families do many different things when they are involved in
their children’s education. We would like to know how true the following things
are for you and your family. Please think about the current school year
as you read and respond to each item.”
Child-Specific Involvement
Some one in this family…
1.
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…talks with this child about the school
day.
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2.
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…supervises this child’s homework.
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3.
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…helps this child study
for tests.
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4.
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…practices spelling, math
or other skills with this child.
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5.
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…reads with this child.
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School-General Involvement
Some one in this family…
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…helps out at this child’s school.
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2.
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…attends special events at school.
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3.
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…volunteers to go on class
field trips.
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4.
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…attends PTA meetings.
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5.
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…goes to the school’s
open-house.
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References:
Epstein, J.L., & Salinas, K.C. (1993). School and family partnerships:
Surveys and summaries. Baltimore, MD: Center on Families, Communities,
Schools and Children's Learning, Johns Hopkins University.
Hoover-Dempsey, K.V., Walker, J.M.T., Jones, K.P., & Reed,
R.P. (2002). Teachers Involving Parents (TIP): An in-service teacher
education program for enhancing parental involvement. Teaching and
Teacher Education, 18 (7), 1-25.
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.
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