TY - JOUR
T1 - Classroom quality and student engagement
T2 - Contributions to third-grade reading skills
AU - Guo, Ying
AU - Connor, Carol Mc Donald
AU - Tompkins, Virginia
AU - Morrison, Frederick J.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study, using NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development longitudinal data, investigated the effects of classroom quality and students' third-grade behavioral engagement on students' third-grade reading achievement (n = 1,364) and also examined the extent to which students' third-grade behavioral engagement mediated the association between classroom quality and children's reading skills. SEM results revealed that controlling for family socio economic risk and students' first-grade reading achievement, classroom quality significantly, and positively predicted children's behavioral engagement, which in turn predicted greater reading achievement. Higher levels of children's behavioral engagement were associated with higher reading achievement. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
AB - This study, using NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development longitudinal data, investigated the effects of classroom quality and students' third-grade behavioral engagement on students' third-grade reading achievement (n = 1,364) and also examined the extent to which students' third-grade behavioral engagement mediated the association between classroom quality and children's reading skills. SEM results revealed that controlling for family socio economic risk and students' first-grade reading achievement, classroom quality significantly, and positively predicted children's behavioral engagement, which in turn predicted greater reading achievement. Higher levels of children's behavioral engagement were associated with higher reading achievement. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
KW - Classroom quality
KW - Reading achievement
KW - Student engagement
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00157
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00157
M3 - Article
C2 - 21779272
AN - SCOPUS:84867037825
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 2
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
IS - JUL
M1 - Article 157
ER -