The role of parental involvement affect in children's academic performance

AbstractThis study examined the role that parental involvement has on children's academic Performance. Different types of parental involvement were assessed, including volunteering, home involvement, attending parent classes, school political involvement, talking to staff, talking to teachers and etc. The data were collected by parental involvement questionnaire scores and by academic performance grades. The sample was included 200 boy students in Tehran. Overall, the results indicated that those who did the self-report survey, went to the parent class, or were involved in more home-type involvement (such as checking child's programming, talking whit child at home about classroom, lessons and friend topics, or engaging in educational activities outside of school and etc.) had children that performed better in different kind of areas of the parental involvement questionnaire or had better grades. It is hoped that the results of this study will give parents and educators a better understanding of how particular kinds of parental involvement affects children's performance