Due to the ever-increasing number of homeschoolers in the United States (Ray, 2004, 2008), the need for expanded support services provided by home education organizations is evident. This research was designed to facilitate a better understanding of the current state...
Sometimes news media reporters do such a poor job of reporting on the homeschool community and research done on it that this author decides he must comment. Recently, the newspaper USA Today reported the following: Profound shift in kind of families who are...
Examination of Previously Homeschooled College Students with the Big Five Model of Personality Scott White, Psy.D., is Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Belhaven College. Megan Moore, B.A., is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Counseling and...
A book review of Family Ties: Relationships, Socialization, and Home Schooling by Gary Wyatt Charles Howell Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations Northern Illinois University, Dekalb IL, chowell@niu.edu Keywords: Homeschooling, family...
A Provocative Thesis IN THIS MODEST volume, Gary Wyatt focuses on effects of home-schooling that he claims have been neglected in previous research: strengthening of families and socialization of children to resist the norms of dominant culture. Research on why...
Emotional, Social and Academic Adjustment to College: A Comparison between Christian Home Schooled and Traditionally Schooled College Freshmen Scott White, Elizabeth Williford, John Brower, Terance Collins, Roman Merry, and Maryam Washington Department of Psychology,...
PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments [endnote 1] On Blacks Choosing Home-Based Education Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, PO Box 13939, Salem, Oregon 97309 Many Americans today – whether plumbers, professors, painters, or politicians – believe...
Chinese Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Home Schooling Michael H. Romanowski Center For Teacher Education, Ohio Northern University Ada OH 45810, m-romanowski@onu.edu Abstract Although an established alternative form of American education, the concept of home...
Marcia J. McKinley, Jesika N. Asaro, Jamie Bergin, Nicole D’Auria, and Katherine E. Gagnon Department of Psychology, Mount St. Mary’s University 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, mckinley@msmary.edu Abstract Despite the fact that 1.5 to 2.1 million...
John T. Wenders, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Emeritus and Senior Fellow The Commonwealth Foundation, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843 jwenders@uidaho.edu Andrea D. Clements, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University Johnson...
