Learning Skill Development

Through the years many psychologists have been interested in the effects that parents have on their children’s learning abilities. Several studies have been done and many have found that parents do indeed positively affect their children’s cognitive abilities. Many of these studies have only found correlations, however, and not causation. This paper summarizes three of these studies and analyzes them to determine some possibilities for the psychology of parental influence.

(a) Home Literacy Activities and Their Influence on Early Literacy Skills

This study conducted by Evans, Shaw and Bell is the first of three that explores how home learning activities influence a child’s ability to learn in a more formal setting. This particular experiment was performed because the researchers were not satisfied with the lack of conciseness in previous studies. This study partials out socio-economic status and uses more standardized measures than previous studies when attempting to determine home activity influence children’s reading skill acquisition.

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Approximate Word count = 2146
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)