Effects of a family literacy program adapting parental intervention to first graders' evolution of reading and writing abilities Export

@article{citeulike:5976740, abstract = {This article reports on the effects of a family literacy program for first graders that had three main characteristics: (1) book reading with parents that adapts parental intervention to the child's gradually increasing skills in reading during the school year, (2) support for writing activities, and (3) enjoyable home activities complementing the in-class teaching. The 108 participants were assigned to two treatment conditions: Workshop and Control. Pre- and post-test group comparisons indicate that the workshop program has a positive effect on the children's performance in both reading and writing. Children produced longer texts and used better vocabulary, sentence structure and spelling. This study provides new data supporting the utility of family literacy programs by demonstrating their positive effect on writing. This confirms the importance of connecting reading and writing activities in family literacy at the beginning of learning and that parents should be invited by the teacher to intervene in these two areas rather than only in reading. 10.1177/1468798405058688}, author = {Saint-Laurent, Lise and Giasson, Jocelyne}, citeulike-article-id = {5976740}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468798405058688}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ecl.sagepub.com/content/5/3/253.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://ecl.sagepub.com/content/5/3/253.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1468798405058688}, journal = {Journal of Early Childhood Literacy}, keywords = {effects, learning, library, of, on, positive, the}, month = {December}, number = {3}, pages = {253--278}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 21:47:08}, priority = {3}, title = {Effects of a family literacy program adapting parental intervention to first graders' evolution of reading and writing abilities}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468798405058688}, volume = {5}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5976740 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5976740 N2 - This article reports on the effects of a family literacy program for first graders that had three main characteristics: (1) book reading with parents that adapts parental intervention to the child's gradually increasing skills in reading during the school year, (2) support for writing activities, and (3) enjoyable home activities complementing the in-class teaching. The 108 participants were assigned to two treatment conditions: Workshop and Control. Pre- and post-test group comparisons indicate that the workshop program has a positive effect on the children's performance in both reading and writing. Children produced longer texts and used better vocabulary, sentence structure and spelling. This study provides new data supporting the utility of family literacy programs by demonstrating their positive effect on writing. This confirms the importance of connecting reading and writing activities in family literacy at the beginning of learning and that parents should be invited by the teacher to intervene in these two areas rather than only in reading. 10.1177/1468798405058688 IS - 3 JF - Journal of Early Childhood Literacy EP - 278 TI - Effects of a family literacy program adapting parental intervention to first graders' evolution of reading and writing abilities VL - 5 SP - 253 KW - effects KW - learning KW - library KW - of KW - on KW - positive KW - the AU - Saint-Laurent, Lise AU - Giasson, Jocelyne PY - 2005/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468798405058688 ER -