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    • 55 from a variety of schools within Washington County School District, or even within the entire state of Utah, were beyond the scope of this investigation but would have helped to add more insight with the results. Practical Significance Because...
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    • 62 Appendix A Consent Letters in English and Spanish January 2011 Dear Parents, You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class...
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    • 63 January 2011 Dear Parents, You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class will be participating. In addition, I am inviting...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 30 understanding of why social inequality exists (McCall, 2005). For example, instead of focusing on gender by itself, many feminists are evaluating various biological, social and cultural categories such as gender, race,...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 32 by the dominant faction. Surrounding this dominant society there are many peripheral groups that make up the remainder of general society. Members of these muted groups are distinguished from “mainstream” culture because...
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    • 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Nature of the problem There is a tremendous amount of pressure placed upon students and teachers to achieve proficient scores on end of level math testing. High expectations dealing with math have created many different...
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    • 2 behind academically they lose a certain amount of self-confidence. This is especially crucial when dealing with math. The time restraints in a regular education classroom make it difficult for a teacher to address the varying problems of each...
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    • 9 Frustration with math and the poor attitude that follows can severely damper a student’s ability to succeed in the present and future. A negative attitude towards math is one of the biggest hurdles that educators must overcome before any real...
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    • 13 parents end up doing the bulk of the homework assignments in order to simply just get it done (Simplicio, 2005). Policies and practices that have formed consistent positive results regarding math homework are: “(a) Homework must help students...
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    • 20 is the firm belief that parental engagement makes a significant difference to educational outcomes and that parents have a key role to play in raising educational standards. In summary, the more engaged parents are in the education of their...
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    • 28 considered valid and accurate, the researcher needed the honest input of parents regarding their students and the homework process inside their home. The study participants involved in this project were sixth grade students assigned to the...
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    • 29 support those struggling students. Procedures To complete this study, the researcher developed a math homework tracker to obtain a better idea of what is being done at home to support students in day to day learning objectives. This tracker was...
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    • 32 Chapter 4 Results Throughout the researcher’s Master of Education Capstone project, five vital educational resources were monitored to effectively determine the ability and growth among students identified as lacking parental support. First,...
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    • 33 In this chapter the researcher will compare performance characteristics during three units of math instruction. The first unit of math instruction is focused on observing the academic behavior of the selected students with basic in-class...
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    • 35 Figure 2. Daily Homework Assignments Table 2 Individual Student Improvement On Homework Assignments Over Three Units Of Math Instruction Daily Homework Assignments Student A Student B student C Student C Percentage improvement 41.0 62.0 45.0...
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    • 36 During the first unit of math the researcher provided no extra help after class on the concept that was being taught during the day. The second and third units taught were done in conjunction with an extra math class for those four students...
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    • 37 Assessments At the end of each unit the researcher administered an assessment to evaluate the level of proficiency students had on the current concept. Throughout the first unit the researcher did not provide any additional math instruction....
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    • 38 Homework Tracker The researcher utilized the homework tracker in this study to help identify those students that might need help beyond the regular classroom. The students included in this study were those who, over the first unit of math...
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    • 39 Chapter 5 Discussion This project was implemented in the researchers’ sixth grade math class in hopes of devising a structured remedy in aiding those students who receive insufficient help from home on daily math concepts. The researcher...
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    • 40 adequate support from home. The homework tracker was a fundamental piece in the researcher’s ability to make quick and accurate evaluations of which students did not receive parental help from home. This homework tracker did not ask for the...
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