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Joan M. T. Walker
Researcher at Pace University
Publications - 34
Citations - 4300
Joan M. T. Walker is an academic researcher from Pace University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Classroom management & Professional development. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 33 publications receiving 3969 citations. Previous affiliations of Joan M. T. Walker include Vanderbilt University & Long Island University.
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Why Do Parents Become Involved? Research Findings and Implications
Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey,Joan M. T. Walker,Howard M. Sandler,Darlene R. Whetsel,Christa L. Green,Andrew S. Wilkins,Kristen Closson +6 more
TL;DR: A decade ago, Walker et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a model of the parental involvement process that focused on understanding why parents become involved in their children's education and how their involvement influences student outcomes.
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Parents' motivations for involvement in children's education: An empirical test of a theoretical model of parental involvement.
TL;DR: The authors examined the ability of a theoretical model to predict types and levels of parental involvement during the elementary and middle school years, including motivational beliefs about involvement, perceptions of invitations to involvement from others, and perceived life context variables.
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Parental Involvement in Homework
Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey,Angela C. Battiato,Joan M. T. Walker,Richard P. Reed,Jennifer M. DeJong,Kathleen P. Jones +5 more
TL;DR: The authors found that parents' involvement activities take many forms, from establishing structures for homework performance to teaching for understanding and developing student learning strategies, operating largely through modeling, reinforcement, and instruction.
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Parental Involvement: Model Revision through Scale Development
Joan M. T. Walker,Andrew S. Wilkins,James R. Dallaire,Howard M. Sandler,Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe their efforts to operationalize Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's explanation and how, in turn, those efforts led to revisions in their theoretical model, and discuss only revisions in the original model's first 2 levels, which focus on psychological and contextual contributors to forms of parent involvement.
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Teachers Involving Parents (TIP): results of an in-service teacher education program for enhancing parental involvement
TL;DR: In this paper, a program designed to enhance practicing teachers' beliefs, skills, and strategies related to parental involvement was presented, which increased teachers' sense of efficacy, and enhanced beliefs about parents' efficacy for helping children learn as well as invitations to involvement.