by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2012 | Volume 27, Issue 1
Karen Hurlbutt Department of Special Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, karen.hurlbutt@mnsu.edu Abstract The increase in individuals and students being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been significant in recent years, and...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 3
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Experienced homeschool parents and home-educated students have heard certain questions, repeatedly. Both the genuinely curious and philosophically-negative critics of homeschooling have been...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 3
Hannah Meeks Sharick Stetson University Richard G. Medlin Psychology Department, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, rmedlin@stetson.edu Abstract The purpose of this study was to measure homeschooled children’s compliance while they worked on an academic task with...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 2
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Keywords: Home-schooled, schooled, students, impact, academic, evidence. Multiple studies over thirty years have consistently found relatively neutral to positive things associated with...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 2
Yvonne Malone Tennessee Technological University, YMalone@tntech.edu Misty J. Cecil Tennessee Technological University Abstract The authors investigated the perceptions of undergraduate college students who had been admitted to upper division classes in the teacher...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 1
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Attachment theory was clearly developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (Bretherton, 1992) (e.g., see Bowlby, 1951). Bowlby, over a half century ago, was very clear about the importance of a...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2011 | Home School Researcher, Volume 26, Issue 1
Lina Valery Lake Worth, Florida, USA, becreative@me.com Abstract Online communication and resource sharing between elementary homeschool families was examined. Through Action Research 16 homeschool families participated in a web site devised for the purpose of...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Oct 10, 2010 | Home School Researcher, Volume 25, Issue 4
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Dr. Michael Cole (2010) recently presented the world with his insightful piece, entitled “What’s culture got to do with it? Educational research as a necessarily interdisciplinary enterprise,”...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Oct 10, 2010 | Home School Researcher, Volume 25, Issue 4
Richard G. Medlin Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, USA, rmedlin@stetson.edu Abstract The purpose of this research was to see if homeschooled children whose parents more accurately perceived their learning style preferences had higher academic achievement...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2010 | Home School Researcher, Volume 25, Issue 3
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Keywords: Homeschooling, harms, premise. Data-based research has consistently revealed favorable things related to the modern homeschool movement for about 25 years.[1] [2] Theoretical...