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The Interplay between Students' Home Literacy Environment, Reading Attitudes and Comprehension: A Serial Mediation Analysis Using PIRLS 2021-Data
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Renée Claes; Jana Laga; Katrijn Denies; Nele Bleukx; Jonas Dockx; Hilde Van Keer; Koen Aesaert – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: Providing a rich home literacy environment (HLE) is considered to contribute to the development of students' reading comprehension. However, less research attention has been given to the underlying mechanisms that influence this relationship, including potential mediating characteristics. The present study aims to assess whether…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Home Literacy Environment and Reading Comprehension in Spanish Primary Education
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Guzmán-Simón, Fernando; Gil-Flores, Javier; Pacheco-Costa, Alejandra – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Background: Research has suggested that one of the most important variables for the development of reading comprehension is the home literacy environment, composed of the literacy interface and what is known as the limiting environment. The current study investigated Spanish children's reading comprehension in relation to these two dimensions.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Effects of Home Language and Socioeconomic Status on Modern Standard Written Chinese Literacy
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Luo, Dehong; Gong, Jing – SAGE Open, 2022
Home language (HL) effects on academic language literacy have been extensively discussed. However, previous research has mostly focused on Indo--European languages. This study extends the literature by using data (n = 17,600) collected in a diversified language area: Guangxi, China. We examined the effects of four HLs and four socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Language, Literacy, Socioeconomic Influences
The Role of Home Literacy Environment, Mentalizing, Expressive Verbal Ability, and Print Exposure in Third and Fourth Graders' Reading Comprehension
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Boerma, Inouk E.; Mol, Suzanne E.; Jolles, Jelle – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2017
Children with a rich home literacy environment generally show better reading comprehension. For children in the higher grades of primary school, this relation is thought to be indirect. We propose a model in which this relation ran via children's higher order language and cognitive skills (i.e., expressive verbal ability and mentalizing ability)…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Expressive Language, Verbal Ability
Home Book Reading and Reading Achievement in EU Countries: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2011 (PIRLS)
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Araújo, Luisa; Costa, Patricia – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
Home shared book reading during the preschool years is a strong predictor of students' reading achievement in primary school, and, according to Sénéchal (2012), it can benefit more children from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. This study examines the association between frequency of book reading before the start of compulsory education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Family Environment, Reading Habits
The Condition of Education 2003 in Brief. NCES 2003-068
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Livingston, Andrea, Ed.; Wirt, John, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This publication contains a sample of the 44 indicators in "The Condition of Education 2003." The indicators in this publication are numbered sequentially, rather than according to their numbers in the complete edition. The Contents page offers a cross reference between the two publications. Since 1870, the federal government has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Family Characteristics, Poverty