The Effect of Parental Involvement on Reading Success of Kindergarten Students
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2017-05-11
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Masters of Education
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Abstract
The purpos
e of this study was to determine whether the reading achievement of kindergarten
students was affected by a parent involvement workshop intervention. This workshop
taught
parents strategies and best practices to use while reading at home with their childre
n.
Parent
s
and
caregivers who were not able to attend the workshop were given a handout outlining the key
points. The
sample consisted of 15 kindergarten students, some of wh
om
have parents who speak
little to no English.
The study too
k place over three we
eks. After a
ttending the workshop or
reviewing the materials
prepared for
it,
parents or caregivers were asked to read nightly with
their child and complete a response to
their
reading
activity
three nights a week. Using a pre
-
test
and post
-
test design, st
udents
’ reading
accuracy, comprehension
,
and strategy use
were assessed
.
t
-
tests for dependent samples indicated
significant gains in the
areas of accuracy and st
rategy
use
,
suggesting
that
parent
involvement
may be associated with improvement in
literacy
achievement
among kindergarten students.
Recommendations for future research include
conducting
controlled studies designed
to identify
specific
practices for parent
s to implement to
improve students’
reading achievement.