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Academic Profile of Home Schooling - a Case Study

Chapter 1: Introduction and Background

Introduction

Purpose of the Study

***** Questions

***** of ***** Problem

***** Schooling vs. Traditional Educational Methods

Home Schooling Methodology

Summary

Chapter 2: Focus of the Practicum

***** Setting

Culture

***** of Study

***** of Inquiry

Summary

***** 3: Research and Literature Review

***** and Purpose

Subject/Topic Areas

Home Schooling as an Alternative

Curricula *****d Materials Used for Home Schooling

The Success of Home *****

***** and Conclusions

Chapter 4: Research *****

Evaluation Design

Objectives

Conditions ***** Change

Timeline

Summary

Chapter 5: Results

Overview

Methodology

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Findings and Results

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Discussion ***** *****

Implications and Limitations

References

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Legislative Information:

Maryland: A Legal *****nalysis

State Laws and Regulations ***** Maryland

Goulart and Travers vs. Calvert County

Articles

********** Kids Find Social Growth"

Home Schoolers in ***** Trenches"

Home School Academic Advantage Increases Over Time"

Home Schooling." ERIC Digest, Number 95.

Abstract

The Academic Profile of Home Schoolers

***** Study

The focus of this applied dissertation proposal is to examine and analyze home school families' academic environment, the institutional materials they use, ***** ***** gain an understanding of their academic success.

Prince George's ***** Public School System is the nineteenth largest school system in the nation with a diverse student population of over 137,000 students. Currently, there are 2,309 students that are being educated at home; 858 are ***** taught through correspondence courses that are registered ***** the ***** State Department of Education. The remaining 1,*****51 are being supervised by Price George's County Public Schools. The school ***** is divided in 5 regions with the most prevalent impact of home school*****g in Region IV. ***** IV with a ***** ***** 902 students has ***** ***** population of home-schooled students as compared to the o*****r regions. One factor that contributes to difference is Andrews Air Force Base, which is located in Region IV and ***** an active home school organization.

Four families who home school at least one child between the ages ***** six and *****teen will participate in this study. Criteria will be established for selecting the participants prior to initiating the study, so that a cross section of the population will ***** obtained and represented. Participating families will be recruited directly at meetings of home school groups loc*****ed on Andrews Air Force Base in Pr*****ce George's County, Maryl*****. In*****mation for this study will be ga*****d, analyzed and presented using qualitative research methodology.

Participants will ***** seen in ***** homes by the researcher, four times for approximately two hours each time. A formal and in***** interview will also be conducted with the parents.

Chapter 1

Introduction and *****

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Prince George's County Public School System is the nineteenth largest ***** system in ***** nation ***** a diverse student ***** ***** over *****37,000 *****. Currently, there are 2,309 students that are ********** educated at home; 858 are being taught ***** correspondence courses ***** are registered with the ********** St*****e Department of *****. The remaining 1,451 ***** ***** *****