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Reading Improvement Through Homework Help

Reading Improvement Through Homework Help. Fatimah Washington Ed 700.22 Spring 2010. Table of Contents. Statement of the Problem Contemporary Practices from practitioners Points of View from Theorists Statement of Hypothesis References. Statement of the Problem.

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Reading Improvement Through Homework Help

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  1. Reading Improvement Through Homework Help Fatimah Washington Ed 700.22 Spring 2010

  2. Table of Contents • Statement of the Problem • Contemporary Practices from practitioners • Points of View from Theorists • Statement of Hypothesis • References

  3. Statement of the Problem Children of parents with low socio-economic attainment have low reading scores due to insufficient help with homework.

  4. Contemporary Practices • Family literacy as a third space between home and school (Pahl & Kelly, 2005). • Interactive homework assignments (Bailey, 2006) • Reading First: A component of the No • Child Left Behind Act (Whitfield, 2005) • School support strategies (Sen. et al.,2009)

  5. Points of View From Theorists

  6. Statement of Hypothesis The reading scores of 10 at-risk first grade students of school x will receive professional help with homework to improve their reading scores.

  7. Sources Bailey, L. (October 2006). Interactive Homework: A Tool for Fostering Parent-Child Interactions and Improving Learning Outcomes for At-Risk Young Children. Early Childhood Education Journal. V105 n1 Pp155-167 Cook, M.(July 2005). ‘A Place of Their Own’: creating a classroom ‘third space’ to support a continuum of text construction between home and school. Literacy. V39 Pp 85-90 Heymann, S. J.; Earle, A. (Winter 2008). Low Income Parents: How do Working Conditions Affect Their Opportunity To Help School-Age Children At Risk. American Educational Research Journal. V37 n4 Pp833-848 Margolis, H. (October 2004). Resolving Struggling Learners’ Homework Difficulties: Working With Elementary School Learners and Parents. Reading Psychology An International Quarterly . V25 n4 Pp 225-260 Pahl, K. ; Kelly, S. (July 2005). Family Literacy As A Third Space Between Home and School: Some Case Studies of Practice. Literacy. Pp91-97 Ryder, J.; Tummer, W.; Greaney, K. (Explicit Instruction in Phonemic Awareness and Phonemically Based Decoding Skills as an Intervention Strategy for Struggling Readers in Whole Language Classrooms. Reading And Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. V21 n4 Pp349-369

  8. Sen., A.; Burns, S.; Miller, D. (September 2009). Teacher Strategies To Help Fourth-Graders Having Difficulty in Reading: An International Perspective. National Center For Education Statistics. Pp1-16 Senechal, M; Young L. (September 2008). The Effect of Family Literacy Interventions On Children's’ Acquisition Of Reading From Kindergarten to Grade 3: A Meta Analytic Review. Pp880-907 Tam, V. C.; Chan, Raymond. (2008) Parent Involvement In Primary Children’s Home Work In Hong Kong. School Community Journal. V19 n2 Pp81-100 Watkins, T. (September-October 1997). Teacher Communication, Child Achievement And Parent Traits in Parent Involvement Models. Journal of Education Research V91 n1 Pp81-100 Whitfield, P.; (2005). No Child Left Behind : Leaving The Arts Behind In Developing Young Children’s Literacy. V11 n2 Pp43-54

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