Time Well Spent: Home Learning Activities and Gains in Children's Academic Skills in the Prekindergarten Year

Autor/inn/en	McCormick, Meghan P.; Weissman, Amanda Ketner; Weiland, Christina; Hsueh, JoAnn; Sachs, Jason; Snow, Catherine
Titel	Time Well Spent: Home Learning Activities and Gains in Children's Academic Skills in the Prekindergarten Year
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 4, S.710-726 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Weissman, Amanda Ketner) ORCID (Snow, Catherine) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000891
Schlagwörter	Learning Activities; Family Environment; Parent Child Relationship; Parents as Teachers; Academic Ability; Mathematics; Literacy; Language Acquisition; Correlation; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Prediction; Student Characteristics; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Achievement Tests; Receptive Language; Parent Attitudes; Factor Analysis; Mathematics Skills; Vocabulary Development; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Familienmilieu; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mathematik; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Korrelation; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Vorhersage; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Elternverhalten; Faktorenanalyse; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Wortschatzarbeit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	Parental engagement in home-based learning activities is linked to children's academic skills. Yet, interventions that try to enhance parental engagement--sometimes targeted to families with low levels of education--have small effects. This study aimed to inform supports for families by examining how different types of home-based learning activities influence academic skills during prekindergarten. We created four measures that assessed the frequency with which parents (N = 307) engaged in unconstrained and constrained language/literacy and math activities at home. Unconstrained language activities predicted gains in children's language skills, and unconstrained math activities were associated with gains in math skills. Both associations were larger for families with lower versus higher levels of parental education. Engagement in constrained activities did not predict gains in skills. Implications for practice and research are discussed. [For the Grantee Submission, see ED600994.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01