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Developmental Relations between Home Literacy Environment, Reading Interest, and Reading Skills: Evidence from a 3-Year Longitudinal Study
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Georgiou, George K.; Inoue, Tomohiro; Parrila, Rauno – Child Development, 2021
We examined the bidirectional relations between home literacy environment, reading interest, and children's emergent literacy and reading skills in a sample of 172 English-speaking Canadian children (M[subscript age] = 75.87 months) followed from Grade 1 to Grade 3. Results of cross-lagged analysis revealed that the reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Correlation, Reading Interests, Emergent Literacy
Influences of Family Literacy Workshops on Title 1 Students' Family Involvement in Reading--Self-Efficacy and Perception of Reading Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Kim, J. Mia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the influences of family literacy workshops on family involvement, families' self-efficacy, and their perception of their children's reading performance. The participants were families of students receiving Title 1 reading service in grade 2, 3 and 4. The research questions for this study…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Workshops, Family Involvement, Self Efficacy
Home Literacy Environment of Spanish-Speaking Latino Families
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Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this dissertation is to contextualize the measurement of the HLE for Spanish-speaking Latino families. This goal will be accomplished by using a series of HLE items to characterize the potential heterogeneity in the HLE of Spanish-speaking families as well as to examine differences in the HLE based on caregiver's language…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Hispanic Americans, Grade 2, Grade 3
Child and Parental Literacy Levels within Families with a History of Dyslexia
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van Bergen, Elsje; de Jong, Peter F.; Plakas, Anna; Maassen, Ben; van der Leij, Aryan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: The present study concerns literacy and its underlying cognitive skills in Dutch children who differ in familial risk (FR) for dyslexia. Previous studies with FR-children were inconclusive regarding the performance of FR-children without dyslexia as compared to the controls. Moreover, van Bergen et al. (2011) recently showed that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Dyslexia, Grade 2, Reading Skills
The Role of the Home Environment in Phonological Awareness and Reading and Writing Ability in Tanzanian Primary Schoolchildren
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Ngorosho, Damaris; Lahtinen, Ulla – Education Inquiry, 2010
In developing countries, the role of the home environment in children's development of literacy skills is largely unknown. This study examines the relationship in a sample of 75 grade two children from rural eastern Tanzania. It also discusses the role of house building material and domestic facilities, in addition to parents' education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills
The Effect of Family Literacy Interventions on Children's Acquisition of Reading from Kindergarten to Grade 3: A Meta-Analytic Review
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Senechal, Monique; Young, Laura – Review of Educational Research, 2008
This review focuses on intervention studies that tested whether parent-child reading activities would enhance children's reading acquisition. The combined results for the 16 intervention studies, representing 1,340 families, were clear: Parent involvement has a positive effect on children's reading acquisition. Further analyses revealed that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Meta Analysis, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods