ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND READING ABILITY.

Abstract

DESCRIBES A STUDY UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE NUMBER OF BOOKS IN THE HOME HAS ANY SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP TO READING ABILITY. SS WERE 20 8TH GRADE HONOR STUDENTS, AT LEAST 1 YR. ABOVE GRADE PLACEMENT IN READING, AND 20 REGULAR 8TH GRADERS WHO FELL BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN READING. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE ADMINISTERED IN PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON READING, PARENTAL READING HABITS, PREFERRED READING, TYPE OF BOOKS AT HOME, ETC. AFTER THE DATA WERE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT NUMBER OF BOOKS AT HOME DOES NOT ALWAYS DETERMINE EXTENT OF READING ABILITY, BUT HOME ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL IS SEEN AS GREATLY INFLUENCING READING HABITS AND ABILITY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)