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Degree

Master of Arts in Education, Defiance College, Education, 2007.

Abstract

Twenty third grade students enrolled in a rural Midwest school participated in this study. The purpose of the project was to implement specific strategies to increase teacher/parent communication in a third grade class. Three methods were of communication were developed by the teacher based on a review of the literature. The methods were: (a) a weekly newsletter, (b) parent-initiated notes, (c) and Good Notes written by the teacher describing students' positive behavior. Two instruments were used to gather data. These were Daily Contact Logs, one of which was used to record data before the communication methods were introduced and the other during the intervention period. The logs were designed to record the number and type of contacts between the teacher and the parents of the students. Results indicated an increase in communication initiated by both the teacher and parents.

Subject Headings

Teaching

Keywords

third grade; teacher-parent communication; daily contact logs

Committee / Advisors

Fred Coulter (Advisor)
Jo Ann Burkhardt (Committee Member)

Pages

47p.

Document number: def1281621263
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281621263

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