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Motivating children and adolescents for academic success : a parent involvement program
- Author
- Brier, Norman.
- Title
- Motivating children and adolescents for academic success : a parent involvement program / Norman Brier.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Champaign, Ill. : Research Press, c2007.
- Description
- viii, 149 p. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM
- Notes
- CD-ROM contains PDF's of all handout found in text. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147).
- Contents
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- What is academic motivation?
- How parents can influence academic motivation
- How to provide emotional support and set appropriate expectations
- How to become an informed parent
- How to promote self-determination
- How to collaborate to establish effective study skills
- How to help with homework
- How to empower your child to comply with academic demands
- Understanding the effects of emotional distress on academic motivation
- A review of the ways parents can enhance academic motivation
- Appendix A. Sample letter to parents and guardians
- Appendix B. Gauging my child's academic motivation scale
- Appendix C. Parent involvement with academic achievement scale.
- Subject headings
- Education--Parent participation. Education--Parent participation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Motivation in education. Education--Aims and objectives. Students--Attitudes.
- ISBN
- 0878225412 9780878225415