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    The Effect of Parent Involvement on Reading Comprehension on the Academic Achievement of Second Grade Students

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    Author/Creator
    Stone, Brittany
    Date
    2016-05
    Type of Work
    48 p.
    Text
    action research papers
    Program
    Masters of Education
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    Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
    Subjects
    Education -- Research papers (Graduate)
    Education, Elementary -- Reading comprehension -- Parent participation.
    Second grade (Education) -- Reading comprehension -- Ability testing.
    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.


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    Goucher College
    1021 Dulaney Valley Road
    Baltimore, MD 21204

    www.goucher.edu

    Contact Information:
    kristen.welzenbach@goucher.edu
    library.goucher.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.