UNDERSTANDING PARENTS WHO TEACH CHILDREN AT HOME: THE VALUE OF A LIFE HISTORY APPROACH
The objective of the study was to understand and relate the background influences of a small, select group of parents to present rationales for operating home schools.
J. Gary Knowles, Volume 4 Number 1, March 1988
THE 1987-88 OREGON HOME SCHOOL SURVEY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE…
The intent of this article is to provide an overview of the survey findings. The following sections will (1) present a profile of the home schoolers and compare them with larger populations in terms of social and economic characteristics, religious and political characteristics, and educational attitudes, and (2) discuss the commonalities and cleavages that exist within the home school population.
Maralee Mayberry, Volume 4 Number 1, March 1988
BARNEBEY’S STUDY OF UNIVERSITY ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME SCHOOLED APPLICANTS, AND A FOLLOW-UP
hat are the admissions requirements, and how do they compare, of 210 selected four year public and private universities in the United States with respect to applicants who have been home schooled? Leslie F. Barnebey pursued this question in her Ed.D. dissertation ("American University Admission
Requirements for Home Schooled Applicants, in 1984•) which was completed at Brigham Young University in 1986. She also determined whether any of four characteristics (Carnegie type, size, support, or location) of the institutions affected the admission of home schooled applicants and explored the attitude of admission officers toward these applicants.
Brian D. Ray, Volume 3 Number 4, December 1987
Review of HOME SCHOOLING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BY MARY ANNE PITMAN
Mary Anne Pitman (1986) has written the most sweeping review of the literature on home education to date. Since most home school researchers will already be familiar with many of the works cited in the article, I will briefly summarize the content of the review to indicate the comprehensiveness and scope of
Pitman's review, and then the implications of this article for future home school research will be suggested.
Jane Van Galen, Volume 3 Number 4, December 1987
THE HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
The purpose of this study was to determine the philosophical purpose, the curricular activities, the methods of evaluation, and the preference for public school services of the home schoolers of Central Kentucky.
Pauletta Offutt Kutter, Volume 3 Number 4, December 1987
HOME EDUCATION: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE STATUTES AND CASE LAW
The study begins by historically overviewing the development of American education and then listing some of the objections to public education.
By Mathew D. Staver, Volume 3 Number 3, September 1987
PRESENTING: RUSSELL DOLL
Presenting Russell Doll.
RUSSELL DOLL, HSR Volume 3 Number 3, September 1987
REVIEW OF “HOME EDUCATED CHILDREN’S SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A …
Mona Maarse Delahooke (1986) attempted to determine how home schooled and one group (private) of conventionally schooled children compared in terms of social/emotional adjustment and academic achievement.
by Brian Ray, Volume 3 Number 3, September 1987
PRESENTING: MARALEE MAYBERRY
Presenting Maralee Mayberry.
MARALEE MAYBERRY, HSR Volume 3 Number 2, June 1987
REVIEW OF “AN OVERVIEW OF HOME INSTRUCTION BY PATRICIA M. LINES
By its very definition, an overview purports to provide a general survey of the topic in hand. As such, Patricia Lines provides a very credible and seemingly objective view of the home schooling movement.
J. Gary Knowles, HSR Volume 3 Number 2, June 1987