1 Helping Your Child Succeed in School Tips from Research and Teaching Ronald Dietel Tracy Hughes Cynthia Keech Karen Mathison National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA La Cañada Unified School District National PTA Convention Anaheim, CA June 27, 2004
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Helping Your Child Succeed in SchoolTips from Research and Teaching
Ronald DietelTracy HughesCynthia Keech
Karen Mathison
National Center for Research on Evaluation,Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA
La Cañada Unified School District
National PTA ConventionAnaheim, CAJune 27, 2004
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Factors Pushing Higher Achievement
MajorEvents
EducationCrisis
State & National Policy
Corporate
University Competition
Schools
National & International Test Performance
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What Influences Achievement
Parents Education
StudentAchievement
TeacherQuality
High Expectations
Parent Income
Parent Involvement
QualityCurriculum
Monitoring &Feedback School
Climate
Leadership/Professionalism
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Get Smart Learning Model
Home Learning
LearningSchools &Teachers
Ability
ClassroomLearning
Effort Attitudes/Beliefs
EvaluationCommunications
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Ability
Achievement influenced, not determined by ability
Factual Knowledge
Application
Tips
Ask Questions
Use Prior Knowledge or Skill
Reinforce Learning
Concentration
Praise
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Effort
Strong influence on achievement
Tips
High expectations
Exemplify motivation yourself
Establish value/use novelty
Associate with other motivated students
Apply strengths
Plan ahead/chunk work
Praise persistence and effort
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Attitudes/Beliefs
Positive attitude --> student achievement
Tips
Emphasize effort, not intelligence
Provide learning opportunities that promote positive self-belief
Encourage safe risks
Educate children about school realities/imperfections
Point out previous successes
Never shame them
Be there when they need you
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Schools
Good schools and teachers-->achievement
Shop for a school as you would shop for a home--go inside