African American Fathers' Contributions to Children's Early Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two-Parent Families from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort

Autor/in	Baker, Claire E.
Titel	African American Fathers' Contributions to Children's Early Academic Achievement: Evidence from Two-Parent Families from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 25 (2014) 1, S.19-35 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2013.764225
Schlagwörter	African American Achievement; African American Family; Fathers; Evidence; Early Childhood Education; Longitudinal Studies; Play; Child Care; Parent Participation; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Family Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Parent Background; Literacy; Child Development; Questionnaires; Achievement Tests; Likert Scales; Home Study; Parents as Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Spiel; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Elternmitwirkung; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Prädiktor; Elternhaus; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Kindesentwicklung; Fragebogen; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Research Findings: This study utilized a large sample ("N" = 750) of 2-parent families from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort to examine the contributions of African American fathers' home literacy involvement, play activities, and caregiving at 24 months to children's reading and math achievement in preschool. After family characteristics and child characteristics were controlled for, both mother and father characteristics predicted child achievement. Mother age predicted math achievement but not reading. Furthermore, even after mother predictors were entered into the hierarchical regressions, fathers' education and home literacy involvement also significantly predicted achievement. African American fathers who engaged in more frequent shared book reading, telling stories, singing songs, and provided more children's books in their homes at 24 months had children with better reading and math scores in preschool. Practice or Policy: These findings support growing evidence that fathers contribute to child development. Implications for research on early academic achievement in ethnically diverse samples are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10