The impact of a collaborative family/school reading programme on student reading rate

Lisa Kelly-Vance, Donna Schreck

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Abstract

Student reading skills are below grade level in many schools and professionals are constantly searching for new ideas to enhance reading curricula. To address this problem in one elementary school, a parent/school reading programme was implemented. Parents were encouraged to increase the amount of time spent reading with their children at home and the school provided easily accessible reading materials, suggestions for encouraging reading at home, prizes and special activities. Programme participants demonstrated a higher increase in reading rate and accuracy than the matched peers. Prior to implementation and at the end of the reading programme, parents and students who chose to participate in the programme reported positive attitudes toward reading together. Implications of these results are discussed and an emphasis is placed on expanding research in the area. United Kingdom Reading Association 2002.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-53
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Research in Reading
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Psychology (miscellaneous)

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