Research Symposium

BIO

Hello everyone, I am Robert Gibson, an Undergraduate student at Florida State majoring in Psychology. I am from Tampa, Florida, and am hoping to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology in the future.

Exploring Parental Perceptions: An Analysis of Self-Determination, Reading Enjoyment, and Home Literacy Environment in Children with Varying Reading Types

Abstract

Current work suggests that self-determination, reading enjoyment, parent reading assistance, and grammar help may affect children’s reading abilities. Self-determination is strongly correlated with academic and reading performance (Zheng et al., 2014). Additionally, higher levels of reading motivation are strongly associated with better academic performance, and reading enjoyment is strongly correlated with higher levels of reading proficiency (Morgan et al., 2007). Children with learning disabilities tend to have lower levels of reading enjoyment and motivation, which could contribute to lower reading ability (Melekoglu, 2011). Children’s reading ability is also impacted by their home literacy environment (i.e., the amount of time parents spend reading with their children and helping with grammar).

Keywords: Learning Disabilities, Reading, Achievement, Reading Motivation, Home Literacy Environment