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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2007, 18th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 14th, 2:35 PM - 3:35 PMChildren and ReadingJaclyn M. Verticchio, '07Illinois Wesleyan UniversityVenus Evans-Winters, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Jaclyn M. Verticchio, '07 and Venus Evans-Winters, Faculty Advisor, "Children and Reading" (April 14, 2007). JohnWesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 18.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2007/posters2/18THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2007 Poster Presentation P80 CHILDREN AND READING Jaclyn M. Verticchio and Venus Evans-Winters* Educational Studies Department, Illinois Wesleyan University The purpose of this poster presentation is to illustrate the importance of parental involvement on reading fluency and comprehension in Kindergarten students. Considering the importance of the literacy rate of students on the quality of their education, this research is important because we need to find effective ways to help students improve their reading ability. There have been many similar studies conducted on the development of literacy skills in children. In order to find the relationship between parental involvement and reading ability and comprehension, parent surveys and a three week reading log were distributed to Kindergarten parents to fill out. The Kindergarten students were observed reading during class. Similar to results of previous studies on reading development, the preliminary findings show that the increased parental involvement does have a positive effect on reading fluency and comprehension. One of the pathways that will lead to fluent reading in  elementary students is for parents to take an active role in developing the reading comprehension and ability of Kindergarten students. The study has implications for all elementary school students, parents, and teachers. 

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