Parental Involvement and High School Dropout: Perspectives from Students, Parents, and Mathematics Teachers
Students drop out of schools for many reasons, and it has negative effects on the individual and society. This paper reports a study using data publis.
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Students drop out of schools for many reasons, and it has negative effects on the individual and society. This paper reports a study using data published in 2015 from the Educational Longitudinal Study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics to analyze the influence of parental involvement on low-achieving U.S. students’ graduation rates from high school. Findings indicate that both students and parents share the same perspective on the need for parental involvement in their academic progress. For low-achieving high school students, parental involvement in academic work is a positive factor influencing students’ graduation from high school.
academic performance mathematics teachers parental involvement high school dropout self determination theory
Keywords: Academic performance, mathematics teachers, parental involvement, high school dropout, Self-Determination Theory.
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