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Journaling As A Tool To Improve Story Comprehension For Kindergarten Students., Carisa L. Carr
Journaling As A Tool To Improve Story Comprehension For Kindergarten Students., Carisa L. Carr
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This study investigated story journaling to enhance story comprehension. Eighteen kindergarten children participated in this six-week study with the teacher reading a total of twenty-four stories to the class. The class was randomly divided into Group A and Group B, with 3 focus participants from each group retelling the story. The retelling was audio taped and analyzed using Morrow's (2001) procedures. Group B experienced the intervention of story journaling on the third week of the study and showed an improvement in story comprehension during the fifth and sixth weeks of story journaling. Group A did not experience the intervention of …