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Timmons, Kristy; Pelletier, Janette – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2015
This study examined how parents' own learning affected their support for their children in a school-based Family Literacy Programme. Seventy-two children in junior kindergarten (4-year-olds) and senior kindergarten (5-year-olds) and their parents participated in the programme; complete data were available for 52 parents. Comparisons of pre- and…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education
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Anthony, Jason L.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Zhang, Zhoe; Landry, Susan H.; Dunkelberger, Martha J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: In an effort toward developing a comprehensive, effective, scalable, and sustainable early childhood education program for at-risk populations, we conducted an experimental evaluation of the value added by 2 family involvement programs to the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM). A total of 91 preschool classrooms that served…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs, Family Involvement
Feldman, Beth Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigates the treatment effects of a family literacy parent education program, Partners for Literacy (PfL), and whether treatment effects of PfL vary by ethnicity. Results from hierarchical linear modeling revealed that parents in PfL significantly outperformed their counterparts in a control group on a measure of interactive book…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Ethnicity, Parent Education, Family Literacy
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Burningham, Lyn – Young Children, 2005
Children whose homes are filled with books, whose parents read to them, and who have begun to understand the reading process have higher levels of reading skills and knowledge when they enter kindergarten than children who do not have such rich literacy experiences before entering school. This article describes a family literacy project developed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Processes