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The Self-Efficacy Of Rural Middle School Teachers Working With Families In Relation To Student Achievement, Sarah Skudin Evans
The Self-Efficacy Of Rural Middle School Teachers Working With Families In Relation To Student Achievement, Sarah Skudin Evans
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Parental involvement in the education process is known to increase student achievement. Many barriers to parental involvement exist including the self-efficacy of teachers’ working with families. The purpose of this correlational study is to determine if a relationship exists between the self-efficacy of rural middle school math and English teachers working with families and student achievement in their classroom. Working with Families Self-Efficacy Scales (WFSES) will be used to determine the self-efficacy of teachers working with families. Participants will be middle school teachers from five different middle schools in one rural school district on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The …