ERIC Number: EJ1057416
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Apr
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0016-9862
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Effects of Differentiated Reading on Elementary Students' Reading Comprehension and Attitudes toward Reading
Shaunessy-Dedrick, Elizabeth; Evans, Linda; Ferron, John; Lindo, Myriam
Gifted Child Quarterly, v59 n2 p91-107 Apr 2015
In this investigation, we examined the effects of a differentiated reading approach on fourth grade students' reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading. Eight Title I schools within one urban district were randomly assigned to treatment (Schoolwide Enrichment Model-Reading [SEM-R]) or control (district reading curriculum) conditions. Treatment teachers implemented SEM-R as a supplement to the district curriculum for 1 academic year, whereas control teachers used the district curriculum. Based on multilevel analyses of students' posttest reading comprehension scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (n = 358) and attitudes toward reading as measured by the Elementary Reading Attitudes Survey (n = 429), no statistically significant differences in students' attitudes toward reading were found, but SEM-R students had significantly higher scores on the comprehension posttest compared with the students in the control schools.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Reading Attitudes, Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Curriculum Implementation, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Significance, Scores, Curriculum Enrichment, Reading Programs, Individualized Instruction, Grade 4, Gifted, Reading Achievement, Intervention, Correlation, Student Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Elementary Reading Attitude Survey; Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
Grant or Contract Numbers: R 206A090004
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