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The Relationship Between Home Environment And Reading Achievement Among Filipino-American Grade Three And Grade Five Pupils, Evelyn V. Guiang

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: This research study was designed to investigate the relationship between educational environment in the home and reading achievement of 48 third grade and 48 fifth-grade Filipino-American children attending Stockton Unified . School District during the 1977-78 school year. A secondary purpose was to ' examine the social correlates of reading achievement such as socio-economic status (SES), parents• educational level (PEL), parents• generational status (PGS), and sex,

Hypotheses: Eight null hypotheses were tested, The four major hypotheses pertained to the environmental process variables as they relate to reading achievement. Hypotheses 1 and 2 predicted lack of relationship between the Index …

The Effect Of The Language Of Instruction On The Reading Achievement Of Limited English Speakers In Secondary Schools, William Anselmo Melendez

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect that the language of instruction has on the reading ability of limited English speaking students at the secondary school. Procedure. Reading test scores from several secondary school districts in California were subjected to statistical analyses to ascertain the effect that the language of instruction had on the reading ability of secondary students with a linguistically distinct background, namely, a Spanish mother tongue. Two dependent variables were used, English and Spanish reading test scores. The independent variable, reading instructional treatment, conducted in English, Spanish, or bilingually. The data was analyzed …