2014 Parent Notification Study

North Arlington Freshman Algebra Notification Study

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Neil Heffernan, Cristina Heffernan, Dan Manzo, Xiaolu Xiong, Siyuan Zhao

Teachers College, Columbia University

Peter Bergman

Using ASSISTments, a study conducted assessed a student’s homework completion and success rate and how it is directly affected when the parent is given a daily report of their student’s work via e-mail. Furthermore, observations were made using ARRS on whether the retainment of information is improved when tested on the same information approximately one week later with parental involvement.

Parent Notification Study Materials

• 1. Pre-Test (PSAMBXJ). To view the pretest, click here

  2. Homework assignments that were assigned to ALL students during the 6 weeks:

• 1. Initial experimental email. To view the email, click here

  2. Registration reminder/check junk folder email. To view the email, click here

  3. Adaptive emails sent to experimental condition student's parents on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To view the emails, click here

  4. Post-Test (PSAMBXM). To view the pre-test, click here