The Effect of Parental Involvement on Reading Success of Kindergarten Students
| dc.contributor.author | Good, Alison | |
| dc.contributor.program | Masters of Education | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-12T15:13:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-12T15:13:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05-11 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 75 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | action research papers | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M2G26Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/3911 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation | Master of Education | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Goucher College, Baltimore, MD | |
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| dc.rights | Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Education -- Research papers (Graduate). | |
| dc.title | The Effect of Parental Involvement on Reading Success of Kindergarten Students | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |