ERIC Number: ED672580
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May-5
Pages: 43
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Do Classroom and Home Environments Jointly Contribute to Literacy Gains for Preschoolers At-Risk for Literacy Difficulties?
Grantee Submission
For preschool-aged children at-risk for literacy difficulties, we examined whether classroom and home environments were jointly associated with literacy skill gains and whether environments moderated response to intervention (n = 281). We first used a person-centered approach to characterize children's classroom and home environments, identifying three profiles based on variations in the home, but not classroom, environment. We then used a variable-centered approach to evaluate the association of environments with child gains, considering both statistical significance (p < 0.05) and practical meaningfulness (d > 0.20). Classroom instructional supports were a practically meaningful moderator of response to intervention for letter writing. Home code-focused teaching and shared reading activities were statistically significant moderators of response to intervention for print knowledge. Home shared reading activities were a practically meaningful moderator of response to intervention for phonological awareness and letter writing. Although not jointly, classroom and home environments individually contributed to response to intervention. Findings suggest children in classrooms with lower quality instructional supports and children receiving more shared reading activities at home may benefit from small-group early literacy interventions. Literacy gains from interventions may be better realized when these environments are considered. [This paper will be published in "Reading & Writing Quarterly."]
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Literacy, Learning Problems, Classroom Environment, Family Environment, At Risk Students, Family Literacy, Response to Intervention, Literacy Education, Profiles, Classroom Techniques, Alphabets, Handwriting, Phonological Awareness, Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Parent Child Relationship, Story Reading, Small Group Instruction, Prior Learning, Classroom Observation Techniques, Reading Tests, Emergent Literacy, Vocabulary Development, Achievement Gains, Outcomes of Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A160261
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Virtual Health and Informatics, Nemours Children’s Health, Wilmington, Delaware, USA; 2American Institutes for Research, Arlington, Virginia, USA; 3Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; 4Department of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; 5Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; 6Virtual Health and Informatics, Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville, Florida, USA; 7Kaplan Early Learning Company, Lewisville, North Carolina, USA