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Selected Characteristics Of Home Schools And Parents Who Operate Them, Gunnar A. Gustavsen Jan 1980

Selected Characteristics Of Home Schools And Parents Who Operate Them, Gunnar A. Gustavsen

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Problem: The home school movement in America presents a rapidly-emerging alternative to conventional educational systems. The purpose of this study was to identify selected characteristics of home schools and the parents who operate them.

Method: The population used in this descriptive research was drawn from the files of the Hewitt Research Foundation, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Potential respondents were parents indicating recent experience or interest in home school operations. The study was designed to develop a profile of home schools and home school operators by identifying central tendencies in the respondent data. A mailed questionnaire asked the parents questions in five …