ERIC Number: EJ684363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Apr
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Ecological Influences of the Home and the Child-Care Center on Preschool-Age Children's Literacy Development
Weigel, Daniel J.; Martin, Sally S.; Bennett, Kymberley K.
Reading Research Quarterly, v40 n2 p204-233 April 2005
Based on ecological theory, this study examined how four components of children's home and child-care literacy environments, and the connections between these environments, were associated with preschool-age children's literacy and language development. Interview and standardized assessment data were collected from 85 preschool-age children, their parents, and child-care teachers. Findings from correlation and hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that (a) the literacy environments in a home and in a child-care center were associated with children's literacy and language development in varied and multifaceted ways, (b) aspects of home and child-care literacy environments combined to support children's skills, and (c) some of these associations remained after one year. The findings have implications for how researchers conceptualize the contexts in which preschool-age children's literacy and language development occurs and how they study connections among those contexts.
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Family Environment, Child Care Centers, Interviews, Standardized Tests, Context Effect
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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