My driving question is, “What effects does guided reading have on Reading Comprehension and Reading Accuracy?” In order to answer this particular question I analyzed ex-post facto data which is composed of Developmental Reading Assessment scores from last school year and this school year, for students who are provided reading intervention/ support through the use of a reading program that is now being implemented at my school site. I chose to use this quantitative data in a pre-test/ post-test method because it provided with me a numeric quantity for where students began and also where they are now.
I also thought it was important to analyze qualitative data though the form of a survey for the teachers. Teachers were able to give their feedback by answering a few open-ended questions about what they felt was the most useful and least useful part of the reading program. They also answered a couple of questions on a scale of strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1). The data I collected proved to me that there was improvement at different levels across the board, with the exception of 10 out of 71 students who did not show improvement. As I further analyzed my scores, I realized that 8 out of the 10 students whom did not show improvement were in Second Grade. These results inform my study because I think it shows the importance of further research of this program with second graders. It seems to be more helpful in improving accuracy which is measured more intently in the lower levels of the DRA, but the higher levels include more comprehension. It leaves me inquiring if the second graders who did not show improvement, lacked skill in accuracy or comprehension?
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Emily Feil
11/28/2017 10:18:31 pm
You've identified a great follow up question for expanding your study next semester. It would be a really interesting effect (and good for teachers to know) if the materials were more beneficial at lower reading levels than higher ones. I definitely see how a program might concentrate more on accuracy than comprehension or vice versa. This would ultimately lead to a recommendation for the school that we should use program #1 when kids are working between levels x and y, but switch to program #2 when kids are working on levels y to z. I'm looking forward to reading your paper.
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