The Effect of Parent Involvement on Reading Comprehension on the Academic Achievement of Second Grade Students
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2016-05
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether second graders’ reading comprehension was
affected by a brief parent involvement intervention which consisted of reading together with
students at home. Twenty students in a selected second grade classroom and their parents, some
of whom did not speak English, comprised the convenience sample for this study. In order to
identify the effects of parent involvement on reading comprehension, a parent or primary
caretaker was instructed to read books on the child’s reading level with each student four nights a
week. Using a pre-test-post-test design, students’ reading comprehension test scores were
compared using a t-test for paired samples. Results indicated that the students’ reading test
scores did improve significantly, so the null hypothesis was rejected. Results also suggested that
the intervention generally was well-received by parents and students. Future and more in depth
research is recommended to identify what aspects of parent involvement have the most positive
effect on diverse students’ achievement in reading and in other subjects.