Επίδραση της σειράς γέννησης των παιδιών, του μεγέθους της οικογένειας, της εκπαίδευσης και του επαγγέλματος των γονέων στη γλωσσική-αναγνωστική ικανότητα μαθητών ηλικίας εννέα ετών

Περίληψη

The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of social factors on literacy of 9 years-old primary school children. The independent variables were: sex, education of father and mother, profession of mother and father, family size and birth order. The sample of the study consisted of 89 primary school pupils aged from 8.03 to 9.04 years old, from four schools of Volos and Patras. Assessment instruments included a reading comprehension test, a reading accuracy test, a vocabulary test, Raven -CPM test and six subtests of literacy skills derived from the Athena Test (Sentence completion, Word Completion, Sound Synthesis, Sound Discrimination, Letter Discrimination and Verbal Analogies). Factor Analysis of the ten dependent variables revealed one factor called "language-reading ability". Multiple Regression Analysis indicated that the independent variables predicted pupils' attainments on "language-reading ability" (p = .007). Limitations and implications of the study are critically discussed.