Unexplored Territory: Writing Instruction
Unexplored Territory: Writing Instruction in Pennsylvania Homeschool Settings, Grades 9-12, Part II Mapping aspects of one of homeschooling’s virgin areas—writing instruction—is the objective of this study. Primary data originate in semi-structured parent and secondary student interviews shaped by elements qualitative models and a phenomenological model. Concludes that learning write in home-based and parent-directed ways is a consequential instructional activity and that families in this study model significantly different outcomes. Elaine Huber, Ph.D., Volume 16, No. 1, 2004, p. 1-13
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Social Skills: A Comparison Study
Social Skills of Home Schooled and Conventionally Schooled Children: A Comparison Study Addresses the socialization issue regading the home educated through the use of a social-skill measure that examined parents’ perceptions of their children’s social skills. The purpose of this research was to determine whether home-educated children’s social skills differ from those of a paired comparison group of conventionally schooled children. David J. Francis, Psy.D., and Timothy Z. Keith, Ph.D., Volume 16, No. 1, 2004, p. 15-24
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