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Direct linkYoung, Chase; Durham, Patricia; Rasinski, Timothy Victor; Godwin, Amber; Miller, Melinda – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This sequential explanatory analysis reports on the observed differences in growth on decoding, word knowledge, and reading comprehension between second grade males and females after participating in a readers theater treatment or business as usual instruction. The quantitative results revealed that males made greater gains than females in the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Theater Arts
Download full textYoung, Chase; Polk, Lisa; Durham, Patricia; Kerbs, Macie – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2020
In this article, the authors describe some recent research on Readers Theater in the elementary classroom that examined gender differences and achievement. In one particular study, boys who participated in Readers Theater significantly outperformed their peers in reading comprehension. Elementary school boys reported enjoying Readers Theater…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, Males
Young, Chase; Durham, Patricia; Miller, Melinda; Rasinski, Timothy Victor; Lane, Forrest – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Although readers theater has traditionally been recommended as a method for improving reading fluency, this 18-week quasi-experimental study examined the effects of a readers theater instructional protocol that updates and expands on traditional approaches by adding specific tasks that engage students in various reading comprehension and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Theater Arts, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
