1. My students’ parents help their children learn.
2. My students’ parents have little influence on their children’s motivation to do well in school.
3. If my students’ parents try really hard‚ they can help their children learn even when the children are unmotivated.
4. My students’ parents feel successful about helping their children learn.
5. My students’ parents don’t know how to help their children make educational progress.
6. My students’ parents help their children with school work at home.
7. My students’ parents make a significant‚ positive educational difference in their children’s lives.
This instrument can be found online at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/family-school/scale_descriptions/TEACHER/t.parentefficacy.html
Disagree very strongly = 1‚ disagree = 2‚ disagree just a little = 3‚ agree just a little = 4‚ agree =5‚ agree very strongly = 6
Hoover-Dempsey‚ K.V.‚ Bassler‚ O.C.‚ & Brissie‚ J.S. (1992). Parent efficacy‚ teacher efficacy‚ and parent involvement: Explorations in parent-school relations. Journal of Educational Research‚ 85‚ 287-294.
Hoover-Dempsey‚ K.V.‚ Walker‚ J.M.T.‚ Jones‚ K.P.‚ & Reed‚ R.P. (2002). Teachers Involving Parents (TIP): An in-service teacher education program for enhancing parental involvement. Teaching and Teacher Education‚ 18 (7)‚ 843-467.