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Peer reviewedGrimmett, Sadie A.; McCoy, Mae – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports that techniques that enhanced the quality and quantity of parents' communication with the school were found to improve children's short-term reading performance. (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Primary Education
Peer reviewedBaker, Linda – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2003
Informs practitioners working with struggling readers of the latest research on home influences on reading motivation. Provides research-based suggestions to teachers as to how they might enlist the assistance of parents in motivating struggling readers. Shows that supportive home environments foster motivation for reading, which leads to more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Download full textNiedermeyer, Fred C. – 1969
The effects of parent-monitored practice at home on pupil performance in reading were investigated. The study used as instructional vehicles the Parent-Assisted Learning Program (PAL) and the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) First-Year Communication Skills Program. PAL was designed to enable school personnel to establish a system whereby…
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Robinson, Viviane; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted in South Auckland, New Zealand, to discover how parents could help children with reading difficulties. Specifically, the study addressed three questions: Do parents want to help improve their children's reading? Can parents learn specific reading tutoring skills? Does parent tutoring improve children's reading, both at home…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Home Instruction, Parent Role
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. – 1987
Noting that many schools in the state of Indiana offer reading incentive programs that provide special recognition or awards to students who reach or exceed established goals in their reading programs, this booklet presents the results of a survey of the types of reading incentive programs in use. The booklet notes that the programs span all grade…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Role
Gibbs, Colin J. – 1984
A study was conducted to determine whether voice support helps children learn to read. Voice support involves reading to children while they follow the text, either informally as in bedtime reading, or formally, as in teacher or audiotaped readings of stories in the classroom. Subjects, 64 children just entering school, were unfamiliar with the 12…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Listening, Memorization
Peer reviewedSilvern, Steven – Childhood Education, 1985
This research review identifies parental roles and practices that have been shown to promote reading readiness, receptivity to reading instruction, and increased achievement in reading. Reviews studies of intervention and involvement programs designed to expand or alter parental practices in improving children's reading attitudes and achievement.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literature Reviews, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedMcCormick, Sandra – Reading Horizons, 1983
Reviews research showing the positive effects of reading aloud to preschool children in the areas of language development, reading interests, reading and academic readiness, and social attitudes. (FL)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Parent Role, Prereading Experience, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedGains, Keith F. S. – Reading, 1989
Examines the use of reading diaries, in which parents of poor readers recorded their child's reading activities at home. Indicates that children made a mean gain in Reading Age Score of 6.3 months after five weeks of using the reading diary approach. Reports positive change in reading attitudes for both parents and children. (MG)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Intervention
Peer reviewedTopping, Keith – Reading, 1986
Describes and evaluates several methods for teaching reading that can involve the parent in the child's reading development. Concludes that a program involving paired reading in its purest form is the best method. (SRT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Corrective Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1990
A study presents descriptive and correlational results from questionnaires and tests administered to approximately 650 children in two cohorts, who, with their parents, are participating in a longitudinal study of reading comprehension development. Results from kindergarten and first-grade students showed low but positive correlations for parents'…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedCotter, Robert B., Jr.; Werner, Patrice Holden – Reading Psychology, 1987
Investigates how Ritalin, a powerful stimulant drug frequently prescribed for children exhibiting hyperactive behavior, poor attention span, and/or distractibility, is prescribed for children in educational settings, what doses seem appropriate, and what effect Ritalin has on reading achievement. Discusses the implications of Ritalin research for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) attitudes and reading achievement in an innovative high school; (2) the interaction of learning styles and word type as they affect word recognition among…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Style, Doctoral Dissertations
Montebello Unified School District, CA. – 1985
Noting that some elementary school children may have difficulty learning to read using basal readers, this paper describes the successful implementation of the Big Books for Beginning Readers reading program in a California elementary school. The first section of the paper discusses the problems students were having with reading, including a lack…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Books
