MM> VH> I just read an interesting study that found that READING to children
MM> VH> has little effect -- but HAVING books in the house and valuing them
MM> VH> ("Oh, look, Suzie!  Grandma gave you a BOOK!") does
have an effect.

MM>I think early morning must cook my brains !

MM>Please do you have a reference to this study ?  I'd dearly love to
MM>read through it sometime soon....


I'll have to google it

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=Recor
Details&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ567364&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=
ric_accno&objectId=0900000b80010a2ced

ERIC #: EJ567364
Title: The Effect of the Home Environment on the Reading Achievement of
Children with Low Vision.

Authors: Leffert, S. W.; Jackson, R. M.

Descriptors: Adolescents; Books; Children; Elementary Secondary

Education; Family Environment; Partial Vision; Predictor Variables;
Reading Achievement

Source: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v92 n5 p293-301 May
1998

Peer-Reviewed: N/A
Publisher: N/A
Publication Date: 1998-00-00
Pages: N/A

Pub Types: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract: This study examined the contribution of the home environment
to the reading achievement of 49 children and adolescents with low
vision. It found that children with no books at home read less well than
those with books at home, but that no other home variables were related
to reading achievement. (DB)
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