HS FAQ 5

NOTE: This message was originally in conference “Home Education [FIDO]”

and was copied here by Ron Bowden.

NOTE: This message was originally in conference “Home Education [RIME]”

and was copied here by Ron Bowden.

Salutations from Ron Bowden:

Home Education – Frequently Asked Questions Page 5 Research that supports the claim that homeschoolers do as well as or better than their schooled peers academically : Greene, S. (1985) Home study in Alaska: A profile of K-12 students enrolled in the Alaska Centralized Correspondence Study. Resources in Education. (ERIC document Reproduction Service No. ED 255 494) Rakestraw, J. (1987) An Analysis of Home Schooling for Elementary School-age Children in Alabama. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Ray, B.D. & Wartes, J. (1991) Academic Task and Socializing. In J. Van Galen and M.A Pittman (Eds.) Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Richman, Howard. (1988) Homeschoolers Score Higher – A Replicable Result. (available from Pennsylvania Homeschoolers, RD 2, Box 117, Kittanning PA 16201) Wartes, J. (1990). The Relationship of Selected Input Variables to Academic Achievement Among Washington’s Homeschoolers, [16109 NE 169th Place,] Woodinville, WA: Washington Homeschool Research Project. Research that supports the claim that homeschoolers are not deprived of social skills or experiences: Delahooke, M.M. (1986). Home educated children’s social/emotional adjustment and academic achievement: a comparative study. Doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47 475A. Montgomery, L. (1989). The effect of home schooling on the leadership skills of home schooled students. Home School Researcher, Vol. 5 (1), 1-10. Taylor, J.W. (1986) Self-concept in home-schooling children. Doctoral dissertation, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI. Research that supports the claim that homeschooling parents do not need to be certified teachers to help their children learn: Rakestraw, J. (1987). An Analysis of Home Schooling for Elementary School- age Children in Alabama. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Ray, B. (1990) A Nationwide Study of Home Education: Family Characteristics, Legal Matters, and Student Achievement. The National Home Education Research Institute. 25 W. Cremona St. Seattle, WA 98119 Wartes, J. (1990). The Relationship of Selected Input Variables to Academic Achievement Among Washington’s Homeschoolers, [16109 NE 169th Place,] Woodinville, WA: Washington Homeschool Research Project. Research that supports the claim that the number of homeschoolers is increasing in the United States: Lines, P. (1987). An Overview of Home Instruction. Phi Delta Kappan, March 1987. Lines, P. (1990). Home Instruction: Characteristics, Size and Growth. In Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing. Research that supports the claim that homeschoolers encounter no special difficulty in getting into college or finding employment: Barnaby, L.(1984) American university admission requirements for home schooled applicants, in 1984. Doctoral dissertation, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47(3), 798A. Webb, J. (1989) The Outcomes of Home-based Edcation: Employment and Other Issues. Educational Review, 41(2). Sources for more research information: The Moore Foundation, Box 1, Camas WA 98607 (Dr. Raymond Moore) The National Home Education Research Institute, 25 W. Cremona St. Seattle, WA 98119 (Dr. Brian Ray) Articles in academic journals about homeschooling can be accessed using the ERIC database (available in many public and university libraries); when searching in ERIC be sure to look at all the forms of the word “homeschooling” (i.e. home school, home-school, home education, etc.) in order to get the largest number of references. You can also write to the National Home Education Research Institute (see above) for details on how to obtain their current bibliography of home-schooling articles. To obtain a copy of a dissertation, be sure to get correct reference numbers from the University Microfilms International (UMI) Dissertation Abstracts database or books (according to their literature they are “the only central source of accessing almost every doctoral dissertation accepted in North America since 1861”). Contact UMI at 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor MI 48106; 800-521-0600.