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Student Engagement and Reading Competence: Important Connections and the Moderating Role of Parent Support
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Bradley, Tera Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student engagement is a multidimensional construct believed to be a critical component for understanding school dropout (Christenson et al., 2008). The majority of related research has focused primarily on overt (academic and behavioral) rather than covert (psychological and cognitive) subtypes of engagement; however, there is evidence to suggest…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Parent Participation
Teacher-Parent Communication and Parents' Ability to Select Reading Material: A Study of a Baggy Book Program
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Lorenz, Kelley M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effects of a home-reading program on parent-teacher communication and on the ability of parents to select reading material for their children. In this qualitative case study, parents of 4th grade students participated in a reading homework program with their children. Using constructivist theories, the study's…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Parents as Teachers, Reading Material Selection, Parent Role
A Head Start to Learning: Exploration of a Parent-Directed Intervention to Promote Early Literacy Skill Development
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Sundman-Wheat, Ashley N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the effects of a parent-led intervention focused on developing children's early literacy skills within the home setting. The lesson plans contain scripted steps for completing activities to teach letter names and phonological awareness skills. Archival data were analyzed from a study conducted with 26 families from three…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Parent Role, Parents, Preschool Children