The Effect of Parental Involvement on Online Learning Performance of Secondary Students: A Report on the Survey of Primary and Secondary School Online Teaching in Jiangsu Province

Abstract

This paper was published in the Journal of East China Normal University. Affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, China’s education system has experienced a nation-wide practice of online teaching and learning. The online learning performance of primary and secondary school students and their adaptability to the new operation has become a social concern. Families are more involved in child learning process than ever before. Based on a large-scale survey of online teaching in primary and secondary schools commissioned by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, this study explores how middle school students perform in online learning and how parental involvement affects secondary school students’ online learning performance.