Frank Niklas|Caroline Cohrssen|Collette Tayler
Home Learning Environment and Concept Formation: A Family Intervention Study with Kindergarten Children
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority|University of Melbourne|Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority|University of Melbourne|Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority|University of Melbourne
childrens cognitive development neural basis yet childrens learning facilitated interactions knowledgeable others young children experience interactions context home learning environment hle parents support childrens thinking learning everyday activities consequently one way improve childrens cognitive abilities may enhance quality hle study nonintensive intervention developed improve hle childrens cognitive abilities sample consisted 113 australian 4yearold children parents parents invited participate twopart intervention included firstly attending group meeting information regarding hle provided secondly participating additional individual session introduced principles counting dialogic reading hle childrens concept formation indicator fluid reasoning assessed intervention families children intervention group showed significantly greater gains control group quality hld childrens concept formation members control group results indicate nonintensive family interventions may positively impact hle childrens fluid reasoning