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Children's poor academic performance evokes parental homework assistance-but does it help?

Jari-erik NurmiMarja-kristiina LerkkanenGintautas SilinskasPekka Niemi

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Social Psychologymedia_common.quotation_subjecteducationEducationDevelopmental psychologyDevelopmental NeuroscienceMath skillsReading (process)Developmental and Educational Psychologyta516Life-span and Life-course StudiesPsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)ta515media_commonClinical psychology

description

This study investigated the longitudinal associations between type of parental homework assistance and children’s academic performance during grade 1 and grade 2. The reading and math skills of 2,261 children were measured three times during grade 1 and grade 2, and the children’s mothers and fathers filled in questionnaires on the type of homework assistance they engaged in. The results showed that the worse reading and math skills children showed at the beginning of grade 1 and grade 2, the more monitoring and helping with homework parents reported later on. The results suggest, overall, that children’s academic performance has an “evocative impact” on their parents’ behavior.

10.1177/0165025412456146http://juuli.fi/Record/0037959513