There is currently a considerable body of research suggesting that parental involvement is
linked to young people's attainment at school. It is also generally agreed that a number of …

A rich home literacy environment (HLE) fosters students' academic achievement. However,
the link between HLE and children's reading comprehension is unclear. This study …

Narrowing the Achievement Gap proposes a radical change to our conception of learning,
education and schooling, arguing that parental engagement is the best lever we have for …

Governments, local authorities, school leaders, and teachers all over the world want to
improve the educational attainment and participation of all students, and to minimise any …

This study examined the effects of child characteristics and parent coping practices on
parenting stress, based on a sample of parents of 64 boys with behavioural problems and a …

Parents play a key role in supporting young children's interactions with tablets (eg iPads).
Little is known about the types of scaffolding parents provide during tablet activities and how …

Studies of parent-child book reading tend to focus on parents of toddlers and preschool
children, but not infants. This study examined features of parents' shared reading with …

This study tested if parents taught to use an interactive (“dialogic”) reading style to promote
early vocabulary skills continued to read this way as their children grew older. Approximately …

Family socioeconomic status (SES) and home literacy practices impact upon children's early
literacy development. The present study explored where current emergent literacy and home …

We examined the role of executive functioning (EF) and home environment in the prediction
of early reading development. In a longitudinal design, we followed 101 Dutch children from …