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A LIST OF SELECTED RESEARCH ON HOMESCHOOLING "(The homeschooling movement is) in effect. though certainly not by design - a laboratory for the intensive and long-range study of children's learning and of the ways 1n which friendly and concerned adults can help them. It is a research project, done at no cost, of a kind for which neither the public schools nor the government could afford to pay."- John Holt, "Schools and Homeschoolers: A Fruitful Partnership," Phi Delta Kappan. Feb. 1983. What follows are listings from the growing body of research on homeschoollng that address frequently voiced concerns. We chose these listings because they are either frequently cited 1n other works about homeschooltng. or are more accessible to the general reader than other academic studies. Some universities and colleges will allow anyone to use their libraries, and they are more likely to have these journals and books than a publlc Ubrary. Some citations on this list appear 1n several categories because one study often covers many different questions about homeschooling.
Reaearch that supports the claim that homeachoolen do u well u or better than their schooled peen academically : Greene, S. (1985) Home study In Alaska: A profile ofK-12 students enrolled 1n the Alaska Centralized Correspondence Study. Resources in Education. (ERIC document Reproduction Service No. ED 255 494) Rakestraw, J. (1987) An Analysts ofHome Sclwoltngfor Elementary Sclwol-age Children tn Alabama. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Ray, B.D. & Wartes, J. (1991) Academic Task and Socialtztng. InJ. Van Galen and M.A Pittman (Eds.) Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives. N01wood, 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.
Reaearch that supports the claim that homeschoolera are not deprived of social skl118 or ezperiences: 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 Intem.atiDnal, 47 475A. Montgomery, L. (1989). The effect of home schooling on the leadership skills of home schooled students. Home Sclwol.Researcher, VoL 5 (1) , 1-10.
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