+Parental Academic Support Scale

Mazer & Thompson (2012)

Topic: Social Support - Parent Support

Description of Measure:

Parental Academic Support Scale. This scale addresses the issues parents and teachers communicate about regarding students. These issues include: academic performance, classroom behavior, child welfare, and scheduling meetings.

Instructions:

Check each item that applies to you.

Items:

This past month, I communicated with my child’s teacher about…

... how my child is/was struggling with his/her grades.
... a question I had about an assignment.
... an update on my child’s progress in class.
... to learn more about homework expectations.
... to learn more about homework assignments.
... my child’s grades in the class.
... why my child received the grade he/she did.
... how my child can improve his/her grade.
... why my child was not completing assignments.
... why my child has a missing assignment.
... how my child was not bringing materials to class.
... how my child was not prepared for class.
... how my child was not paying attention in class.
... setting up a meeting.
... arranging to pick up my child’s homework due to his/her absence from school.
... a temporary health issue that my child is experiencing.
... a major physical health issue that my child is experiencing.
... a continuing mental health issue that my child experiences.
... changes in my child’s medication.
... giving the teacher a heads up about my child’s mental state.
... alerting the teacher about my child’s illness.
... minor classroom behavior concerns.
... an isolated classroom behavioral incident (listening to his/her iPod in class etc.).
... my child goofing off in class.
... my child talking back to the teacher.
... a major classroom behavioral incident (fight, racial slur, etc.).
... a continuing classroom behavior problem.
... my child sleeping in class.
... solutions to address my child’s behavior in class.
... how my child is getting along with his/her classmates.
... my child’s ability to make/maintain friendships with peers.
... my child’s socialization skills.
... social problems my child is experiencing at school.
... my child being picked on by his/her classmates.
... my child picking on his/her classmates.

Citation:

Mazer, J. P., & Thompson B. (2012). Development of the Parental Academic Support Scale: Frequency, Importance, and Modes of Communication. Communication Education, 61(2), 131-160., https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2012.657207 Links to an external site..

Link to PDF: https://www-tandfonline-com.oca.ucsc.edu/doi/pdf/10.1080/03634523.2012.657207?needAccess=true

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