Recommendations for Homeschooling Studies
It is time to expand homeschooling studies beyond the typical examinations of academic
achievement, student socialization, and parental motivation to home school.
Another valuable homeschooling study could revolve around why some parents do not
teach writing. For instance, the study could begin with a brief survey sent to 500+
homeschooling families asking how many homeschooling parents teach writing, how they teach it, and with what frequency it is taught, followed up by a multiple case study of families who do 199 not teach writing. Some questions to be addressed could include the following: What reasons factor into an avoidance of teaching writing? What is the writing self-efficacy of those students who have not been formally taught writing?
