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Direct linkLynch, Jacqueline – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
This study examined the print engagement of parents from low-income backgrounds living in three geographical circumstances--rural, urban, and migrant. Parents were interviewed using a modified version of an adult literacy survey. Results demonstrated that adults most stereotyped as not engaging in print literacy events engaged in a range of print…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedHandel, Ruth D. – Education and Urban Society, 1999
Investigated the meaning to participating mothers of their involvement in a family literacy program in a low income, urban neighborhood. Interviews with mothers involved in the Family Reading Program indicated that mothers were concerned for their children's welfare, engaged in literacy practices, and utilized appropriate help from the school.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Family School Relationship
Download full textConnors, Lori J. – 1994
This report examines the effectiveness of elementary school-based family literacy programs and describes the first year evaluation of a middle-school-based family literacy program in Baltimore, Maryland. In section one it reviews the literature on adult education and early childhood intervention and proposes a hypothesis of the broad pathways by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Cooperation
Fear, Marion J. – 1991
A study surveyed adults with literacy problems and evaluated the Parents-as-Partners-as-Learners project. Eighty English-speaking adults in the eastern townships of Quebec, Canada, were interviewed concerning their literacy problems. Results indicated that health and social problems were identified by the adults as the major impediment to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Elementary Education, Family Literacy
Darling, Sharon – 1988
The problem of illiteracy is intergenerational. Many parents lack the skills, knowledge, and awareness needed to support their children's educational development. Our educational system must be changed so that it places equal priority on education for the child and on academic remediation for the parent. Family intervention programs do not address…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Kopacsi, Rosemarie; Koopmans, Matthijs – 1992
A first stage evaluation of the Even Start Program of the Newark (New Jersey) public schools is presented. Even Start is an early childhood parental involvement program in its third year of implementation. Goals are to involve parents as active partners, to help children develop cognitively and affectively, and to improve adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Early Childhood Education, Educational Planning
