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Moving Educational Psychology Into the Home: The Case of Reading
Author(s) -
Willingham Daniel T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/mbe.12079
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , reading comprehension , sample (material) , educational psychology , home school , comprehension , work (physics) , developmental psychology , applied psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , computer science , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , law , programming language
Public policy meant to improve educational outcomes has focused on within‐school factors, even though it is known that factors within the home influence these outcomes more. This article suggests that some aspects of academic work are well enough understood that researchers can offer advice as to changes that parents might make in the home, so as to improve children's academic performance. Reading is taken as a sample case, and research is reviewed with an eye toward home‐based practices to improve decoding, comprehension, and motivation.