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Effects of the Home Learning Environment and Preschool Center Experience upon Literacy and Numeracy Development in Early Primary School
Author(s) -
Melhuish Edward C.,
Phan Mai B.,
Sylva Kathy,
Sammons Pam,
SirajBlatchford Iram,
Taggart Brenda
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00550.x
Subject(s) - numeracy , multilevel model , early literacy , developmental psychology , literacy , psychology , emergent literacy , preschool education , center (category theory) , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , chemistry , crystallography , machine learning
This study investigates the influence of aspects of home and preschool environments upon literacy and numeracy achievement at school entry and at the end of the 3rd year of school. Individuals with unexpected performance pathways (by forming demographically adjusted groups: overachieving, average, and underachieving) were identified in order to explore the effects of the home learning environment and preschool variables on child development. Multilevel models applied to hierarchical data allow the groups that differ with regard to expected performance to be created at the child and preschool center levels. These multilevel analyses indicate powerful effects for the home learning environment and important effects of specific preschool centers at school entry. Although reduced, such effects remain several years later .