Parent Perceptions and Recommendations about Homework Involving Wikis and Blogs

Autor/inn/en	Portier, Christine A.; Peterson, Shelley Stagg; Capitao-Tavares, Zelia; Rambaran, Kamla
Titel	Parent Perceptions and Recommendations about Homework Involving Wikis and Blogs
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal (J3), 44 (2013) 5, S.6-14 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Homework; Assignments; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Web 2.0 Technologies; Parent Attitudes; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parent Participation; Parent Role; Writing Instruction; Parent Surveys; Research Utilization; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Internet; Technology Uses in Education; Student Motivation; Academic Achievement; Cooperative Learning; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausaufgabe; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Elternverhalten; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Schreibunterricht; Forschungsumsetzung; Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schulische Motivation; Schulleistung; Kooperatives Lernen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Homework is an important way for teachers to develop relationships with their students' parents and other caregivers. The learning activities teachers assign for homework provide parents a window into the content and skills their children are learning at school. Parents have a chance to participate in their children's schooling by monitoring and assisting them with their homework. As such, homework helps to keep schools accountable to parents. A number of researchers have found that when parents are involved in their children's homework, the learning value of the homework increases (Baker, 2003; Margolis, 2005). The research reported in this article contributes something new to the conversation on parental involvement and homework by presenting parents' perspectives and recommendations related to online homework involving Web 2.0 technologies (O'Reilly, 2007). Two of the authors of this paper are researchers who gathered data about the teachers' writing instruction over the course of a year, carried out the survey research, and wrote the description of the parent survey results. The other two authors are grades five and six teachers who provided an authentic perspective for considering how teachers might use the survey results in their classrooms. (Contains 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10