Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1998
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Steven A. Schmitz
Second Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Third Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Abstract
The relationship between student achievement and parental involvement was reviewed and found to be significant. A model project was developed to include seven migrant families intergenerationally within the context of the classroom. The purpose was to enhance the relationship between students and parents/guardians and between these low literacy families and the school institution. The result was projected to be a better understanding of each family's heritage, an increase in volunteerism at the school site, more interest in school work and accomplishment, and the possible residual effect of parental desire to improve their literacy skills.
Recommended Citation
Harmening, Sandra E. and Kiesz, Amy C., "An Intergenerational Literacy Project for Migrant Families" (1998). All Graduate Projects. 568.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/568
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons