Home School Researcher
Home School Researcher (HSR) is a peer-reviewed, refereed, academic journal. This scholarly periodical was founded in 1985 as a quarterly publication that focuses on homeschooling research (or homeschool research). Topics covered are wide-ranging. In addition to the peer-reviewed research articles, editorials are included. Here you will find access to all back issues and the current issue.

Common Features of Modern Mass Schooling, and Homeschooling

Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem,…

Learning Style and Academic Achievement in Homeschooled Children Richard G. Medlin

Richard G. Medlin Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, USA, rmedlin@stetson.edu    Abstract The…

The Harms of Homeschooling? Where Are the Premises?

Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem,…

Transition from Home Education to Higher Education: Academic and Social Issues

Erika M. L. Jones Del Rey Church, Playa del Rey, California 90293,…

Who’s Afraid of “the Other”? How About Mixing It Up?

Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem,…

Perceived Effectiveness of Home Education Event Marketing Tools

Ryan B. Lunsford Southwestern College, Phoenix, Arizona 85032,…

Examination of Previously Homeschooled College Students with the Big Five Model of Personality

Examination of Previously Homeschooled College Students with…

Strengthening the Ties that Bind

A book review of Family Ties: Relationships, Socialization, and…

Homeschooled Students’ Adjustment to College

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Emotional, social and academic adjustment to college: A comparison between Christian home schooled and traditionally schooled college freshmen

Scott White, Elizabeth Williford, John Brower, Terance Collins, Roman Merry, and Maryam Washington; Home School Researcher, 2007, Volume 17, Number 4, p. 1-7.

Home schooled students’ ability to successfully adjust to college life is one important criterion to demonstrate a positive outcome of home schooling. The present study compared . . . on the College Adjustment Scale. The mean scores of the two groups were compared across the nine CAS scales designed to measure emotional, behavioral, social and academic problems typically presenting to university counseling centers. The home schooled students scored significantly . . .

Keywords, descriptors, key terms: college, college adjustment, adults, socialization, academics, home schooling, homeschooling, home education, home-based education

On Blacks Choosing Home-Based Education

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Many Americans today – whether plumbers, professors, painters, or politicians – believe that children and youth should attend public schools so they can have proper individual lives and be part of the best social life that advances the best corporate societal life. This sentiment is consistent with major changes that occurred regarding education during the mid- to late-nineteenth century.