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Effects of the Home Learning Environment and Preschool Center Experience upon Literacy and Numeracy Development in Early Primary School |
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| Authors: | Edward C. Melhuish Mai B. Phan Kathy Sylva Pam Sammons Iram Siraj-Blatchford Brenda Taggart |
| Affiliation: | Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London; Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford; School of Education, University of Nottingham; Institute of Education, University of London |
| Abstract: | 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 . |
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