ERIC Number: EJ972268
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
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Home Literacy Environment and Its Role in the Achievement of Preschoolers with Disabilities
Carlson, Elaine; Bitterman, Amy; Jenkins, Frank
Journal of Special Education, v46 n2 p67-77 Aug 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the home literacy environment of a nationally representative sample of preschoolers with disabilities and their subsequent receptive vocabulary and reading comprehension skills using data from the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study. Results from linear regressions indicated that only a small amount of the total variance in children's receptive language and passage comprehension skills was explained by the home literacy environment. However, the home literacy environment of 3- to 5-year-olds with less severe disabilities was a significant predictor of scores on a test of receptive vocabulary and reading comprehension in later years. The home literacy environment was not a significant predictor of receptive vocabulary or reading comprehension for children with moderate to severe disabilities. (Contains 4 tables and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Severity (of Disability), Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, Regression (Statistics), Family Environment, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Scores, Age, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Cohort Analysis, Race, Ethnicity, Family Income, Mothers, Parent Education, Picture Books, Libraries, Racial Differences, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Correlation, Rating Scales, Psychometrics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
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