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Pre-A Guided Reading In Early Childhood Literacy Skills, Laura Schumacher
Pre-A Guided Reading In Early Childhood Literacy Skills, Laura Schumacher
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
The purpose of this action research project is to show that gains in literacy skills through implementation of guided reading practices at the preschool level, if successful, prove that guided reading instruction is a meaningful and purposeful practice in teaching literacy skills at the early childhood level. The researcher worked with 47 preschool children ages four and five. Participants attended a state-funded preschool program in an elementary school building. An alphabet literacy skills pre-test was given. A writing sample of the participant' s names, with no visual reference, was obtained. Throughout the weeks, students participated in lessons and activities that …
Guided Reading: Effects Of Ability Grouping On Reading Levels And Self-Efficacy, Tearrany Nelson
Guided Reading: Effects Of Ability Grouping On Reading Levels And Self-Efficacy, Tearrany Nelson
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
This action research study investigated the use of ability grouping during guided reading and if ability grouping had an effect on a student's self-efficacy. The study looks at three first grade classrooms during the 2019-2020 school year. Two of the classrooms used cross-classroom ability grouping focusing on student needs and book levels. The third classroom stayed self-contained and had groups of different levels and needs. Data was collected from Oral Running Records (ORR), the FAST assessments for sight words, word segmenting and sentence reading, and a self-efficacy questionnaire. The ORR's provided the students beginning book levels at the beginning of …