CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
Background 1
Statement of the Problem 2
Purpose of the Study 4
Research Questions 5
Significance of the Study 6
Limitations and Delimitations 7
Definition of Terms 8
Chapter Summary 9
CHAPTER Ⅱ REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 11
Introduction 11
Parental Involvement and Academic Performance 11
Conflicting Research Results on the Part of Children 18
Conflicting Research Results on the Part of Parents 19
Possible Reasons for Inconsistent Results 22
Parental Involvement and Academic Performance of Children with Disabilities 30
A Summary of Past Meta-Analyses 32
Limitations of Previous Meta-Analyses 39
Theoretical Framework 43
Chapter Summary 47
CHAPTER Ⅲ METHODS 49
Theoretical Framework 49
Research Questions 50
Research Design 51
Data Analysis 54
Chapter Summary 65
CHAPTER Ⅳ FINDINGS 67
Introduction 67
Weighted Average Effect Size Analysis Result 68
The Extent of Variability of Effect Sizes Around the Weighted Average Effect Size 73
Moderator Analysis Results 74
Publication Bias Analysis Result 85
Sensitivity Analysis Result 86
Chapter Summary 87
CHAPTER Ⅴ DISCUSSIONS 89
Introduction 89
Research Question One 89
Research Question Two 96
Research Question Three 97
Limitations of the Study 102
Recommendations for Future Research 103
Chapter Summary 105
APPENDIX 107
REFERENCES 121
INDEX 157
EPILOGUE 158
Table 2.1 Summary of past meta-analyses on effects of parental involvement on children's academic performance 33
Table 4.1 Random-effects model for the grand mean effect size 70
Table 4.2 Random-effect model for the effect of parental involvement on mathematics performance 71
Table 4.3 Random-effects model for the effect of parental involvement on reading performance 72
Table 4.4 Effect sizes of parental involvement on academic achievement across grade level 76
Table 4.5 Effect sizes of parental involvement on academic achievement across types of parental involvement 79
Table 4.6 Effect sizes of parental involvement on academic achievement across types of source of data 81
Table 4.7 The regression model with the publication year as an independent variable 83
Table 4.8 Effect sizes of parental involvement on academic achievement across charactenistics of children 84
Figure 2.1 Bandura's triadic reciprocity 44
Figure 4.1 The forest plot for weighted overall effect sizes across studies under a random-effects model 70
Figure 4.2 The forest plot for mathematics effect sizes across 18 studies 72
Figure 4.3 The forest plot for reading effect sizes across 31 studies 73
Figure 4.4 The funnel plot of 77 studies in the meta-analysis 86