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Αρετή (Arete) Journal of Excellence in Global Leadership | Vol. 3 No. 2 | 2025

Table 10

Ranking the Five Most Common Forms of Parental Involvement

As indicated in Table 10, the results of the teachers’ submissions varied. “Supervising assignments” was clearly the form of parental involvement most often ranked number one i.e., the most often noticed. Also, “Communicating with teachers” was the form of parental involvement most often ranked second. The form of parental support noticeably noticed the least often was “Providing technological support”. This study contends that the variations in the rankings are due to the grade level of the students for any individual teacher. And further, that the low ranking of technical support is due to the fact that very often the students are more tech-savvy than their parents (researcher’s personal teaching experience). Question 12 asked, “To what extent do you believe the involvement of parents during the pandemic affected students' ability to manage time and complete assignments independently?”

Table 11

The Extent Teachers Believe the Involvement of Parents During the Pandemic Affected Students’ Ability to Independently Manage Time and Complete Assignments

As indicated in Table 11, most teachers (90.63%) clearly believed that parent involvement had some, or significant impact on their students’ time management and ability to complete assignments independently. Very few (less than 10%) believed the pandemic had very little or no impact.

The goal of Question 13 which asked “Compared to pre -pandemic (2019 and earlier), how would you rate the academic performance of students who you know had active

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