APSY1031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Protective Factor, Distressing, Systematic Review

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY1031
• Professor: Francesca Longo

Document Summary

Articles by peers: parents go into classrooms to see how teachers interact with students. Allow parents to be able to give better support to teachers regarding homework, assessments, and other things: mathematical modeling regarding dropout rate. Social behaviors spreading just like an infectious disease. High parental involvement can prevent students from dropping out. Not general consensus about parent educational involvement. 80s: parental behaviors such as attending events at schools and having knowledge. Involvement isn"t one dimensional, numerous factors (school focused) Other factors: parent expectations for children success, tutors, buying material. How parents get involved in children"s life. School based: volunteering in school, on field trip. Higher educated parents are more comfortable with helping children with their homework and so tend to do it more often. Skill development models: help build skills children needs. Motivational development models: provide kids with motivation. They want to do better because their parent is involved.