Graduation Year
2004
Document Type
Ed. Specalist
Degree
Ed.S.
Degree Granting Department
Psychological and Social Foundations
Major Professor
Linda M. Raffaele Mendez, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Michael Curtis, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Lou Carey, Ph.D.
Keywords
School readiness, home literacy environment, values, socioeconomic status
Abstract
The current study sought to explore the relationship between four parent variables and children's Early Screening Inventory-Kindergarten (ESI-K) scores among families from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. The four parent variables were 1) parents' perceptions of school readiness, 2) parents' education, and 3) parents' attitudes towards their child's school, 4) the child's early development. The participants were 63 parents and their kindergarten children from three schools in Hillsborough County Florida. Results showed that parents are relatively good predictors of their children's readiness for school, with that variable alone accounting for 18% of the variance in ESI-K scores. The four variables together explained 41% of the variance in children's ESI-K scores. Implications for educators with regard to helping low-income families prepare their children for formal schooling are discussed.
Scholar Commons Citation
Finlayson, Nakeba N., "Predicting Low Income Children's Kindergarten Readiness: An Investigation of Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children's Development and Connections to the Educational System" (2004). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1034
