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Direct linkGuo, Ying; Puranik, Cynthia; Kelcey, Ben; Sun, Jing; Dinnesen, Megan Schneider; Breit-Smith, Allison – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Home literacy practices are an important variable in the development of literacy skills among children. However, several questions regarding the relationship between home literacy practices and writing are unanswered. The objective of this correlational study is to examine the relationship between reading-related and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Literacy Education
Download full textGuo, Ying; Puranik, Cynthia; Kelcey, Ben; Sun, Jing; Schneider Dinnesen, Megan; Breit-Smith, Allison – Grantee Submission, 2020
Research Findings: Home literacy practices are an important variable in the development of literacy skills among children. However, several questions regarding the relationship between home literacy practices and writing are unanswered. The objective of this correlational study is to examine the relationship between reading-related and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Literacy Education
Brown, Elizabeth; Rosenthal, Julie; Dynega, Nicole – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2018
This article explores a first-grade team's efforts to develop a family-school literacy partnership. The first-grade teachers wrote and developed the "Family at Home Literacy Questionnaire" to understand how their first graders selected texts and read with family members at home. The findings identified a number of unexpected at-home…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Family School Relationship, Family Programs
Knoester, Matthew; Plikuhn, Mari – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
This study draws on interviews with 26 individuals who attained an advanced degree and whose parents did not attend university and who reported having at least one older sibling. Participants were asked about independent reading practices in their youth and the reading practices of their older siblings. Participants reported many memories of their…
Descriptors: Siblings, Family Influence, Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes
Cliff Hodges, Gabrielle – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2013
This article draws on a study which was designed to extend understanding of habitual and committed adolescent readers. The study brought together four theoretical perspectives -- the social, cultural, spatial and historical -- as a way of re-imagining the field of reading. The historical perspective is the one foregrounded here, offering views of…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Instruction, Family Literacy, Semi Structured Interviews
Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Schmitt, Mary Beth; Farquharson, Kelly; Justice, Laura M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Numerous studies suggest a positive relationship between the home literacy environment (HLE) and children's language and literacy skills, yet very little research has focused on the HLE of children with language impairment (LI). Children with LI are at risk for reading difficulties; thus, understanding the nature and frequency of their…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Profiles, Children
Wilkins, Chuck; Gersten, Russell; Decker, Lauren E.; Grunden, Leslie; Brasiel, Sarah; Brunnert, Kim; Jayanthi, Madhavi – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
This report presents estimates from a large-scale, multi-district RCT (randomized controlled trial) on the effectiveness of a summer reading program on improving student reading comprehension for economically disadvantaged grade 3 students reading below the 50th percentile nationally. This study focused on the summer between grades 3 and 4 for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Independent Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
