Extent of Parental Involvement in Improving the Students' Levels in Special Education Programs in Kuwait

Autor/inn/en	Al-Shammari, Zaid; Yawkey, Thomas D.
Titel	Extent of Parental Involvement in Improving the Students' Levels in Special Education Programs in Kuwait
Quelle	In: Journal of Instructional Psychology, 35 (2008) 2, S.140-150 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-1956
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Learning Activities; Research Methodology; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Special Needs Students; Special Education; Educational Research; Factor Analysis; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Ausland; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	This research study investigates the degree to which parental involvement impacts students' levels in special education programs in Kuwait. More specifically, this research discusses several scientific methods for research included within the significance of the study and research questions for this study. Research methods and results using a participant sample indicated some interesting results. The study showed that parents of special needs children can be involved in classroom activities and school functions in many different ways. The results showed that over 70% of the participant sample were engaged in some forms of involvement with their special needs children. Through additional percentage, chi-square and factorial analyses additional results were indicated. Parental involvement in the special education programs is critical to the continued development of children with special needs. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10