Parental Beliefs
Home Learning Environments
Social Conventions and Cultural Variation
100

Parents’ implicit theories about how children learn literacy and math shape what kind of interactions at home?

What are literacy and numeracy interactions?

100

This time is the best time for children to practice storytelling and develop new vocabulary?

What is meal time?

100

Japanese students often avoid asking these in class to avoid disrespect.

What are questions 

200

Goldenberg’s “libritos” intervention encouraged parents to give more feedback about this literacy skill.

What is letter and word recognition?

200

Major sources of variation in children's exposure to the social & intellectual resources

What are social class, level of parents' education, and exposition to a range of literacy materials and activities?

200

 Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starred in this 2016 movie together.

What is La La Land?


300

She released “Genie in a Bottle” in 1999.

Who is Christina Aguilera?

300

These types of environments best contribute to the early development of literacy and numeracy skills.

What are literacy rich environments?

300

This conversational element—how much or how little—is viewed differently across cultures.

What is talk versus silence?

400

Shanahan found that some low-income Latino mothers believed teaching reading before school could do this.

What is interfere with school learning?

400

It is found that about 40% of these households had no children’s books.

What are low-income Latino homes?

400

Lisa Delpit found that African American students often respond well to teachers who display this in the classroom.

What is strong authority or directive teaching?

500

Parents often value education highly, but may differ in this aspect of showing that value.

What is how they express their support for learning?  

500

In this 1961 movie, Audrey Hepburn had a cat with no name.

What is Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

500

Native American students often value this quality in learning, leading them to resist overly directive teaching styles.

What is autonomy or self-directed learning?