The Prediction of Reading Achievement and Self-Esteem from an Index of Home Educational Environment: A Study of Urban Elementary Students.

Dolan, Lawrence

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The Prediction of Reading Achievement and Self-Esteem from an Index of Home Educational Environment: A Study of Urban Elementary Students.

Dolan, Lawrence

Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, v16 n2 p86-94 Jul 1983

Assessed the degree that home educational environment predicts reading achievement and student self-esteem in a study of 253 educationally disadvantaged urban elementary school students and their parents. Results showed home environment was a significant predictor of relative and standardized achievement as well as nonacademic self-esteem. (JAC)

Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family Environment, Lower Class, Measurement Techniques, Parent Student Relationship, Predictive Validity, Reading Achievement, Self Esteem, Urban Population

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