Does parental homework involvement mediate the relationship between family background and educational outcomes?

The Need to Distinguish Between Quantity and Quality in Research on Parental Involvement: The Example of Parental Help With Homework

“…When the quality of parental involvement in homework is considered, a much more consistent pattern of its relation to academic achievement emerges. When parents' homework involvement has been characterized by support of autonomy, a good structure, positive affect, positive beliefs, and emotional support, positive associations with academic achievement have been revealed (H. Cooper et al, 2000;Dumont, Trautwein, L€ udtke, Neumann, Niggli, & Schnyder, 2012;Grolnick & Ryan, 1989;Knollmann & Wild, 2007;Pomerantz et al, 2007;Pomerantz et al, 2005). Negative associations with academic achievement have been found when parents are not well versed in a subject; when their homework involvement is developmentally inappropriate, confusing to the child, inconsistent with school expectations, controlling, or intrusive; or when there are negative parental emotions (Balli, 1998;Christenson, 2004;H.…”

Parental Involvement in Math Homework: Links to Children’s Performance and Motivation

“…Several other important issues also require further attention. First, too few longitudinal studies follow both children's performance and motivation (not only performance) across time in relation to perceived parental assistance with homework (Dumont et al, 2012(Dumont et al, , 2014. Second, previous research typically relied on parents' reports of the frequency of homework assistance, making it impossible to determine children's perceptions and interpretations of such involvement.…”

“…Second, previous research typically relied on parents' reports of the frequency of homework assistance, making it impossible to determine children's perceptions and interpretations of such involvement. Third, most studies have analyzed homework involvement in general, without focusing on a specific subject (see Dumont et al, 2012;Trautwein & Lüdtke, 2009, for exceptions). However, parental assistance with homework may vary depending on the subject.…”

Tareas Para Casa, Rendimiento Académico E Implicación De Padres Y Profesores

“…Sin embargo, los resultados de diferentes investigaciones sobre la relación de esta implicación con el rendimiento de los alumnos, son inconcluyentes. En algunos casos se ha obtenido una relación positiva (Cooper, Jackson, Nye, & Lindsay, 2001;Pomerantz & Eaton, 2001), en otros negativa (Schultz, 1999), e incluso ha habido algún trabajo en el que se mostrado relaciones de ambos tipos (Dumont et al, 2012). En este trabajo se pretendió clarificar en la mediInternational Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychologyda de lo posible la relación entre la percepción de implicación parental en las TPC (control parental y apoyo parental) la actitud del alumno hacia las TPC (número de TPC realizadas, tiempo dedicado a las TPC y aprovechamiento del tiempo dedicado) y el rendimiento académico.…”