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The Effects Of Accelerated Reader (Ar) As An Extrinsic Motivation Tool For Improving Gifted Students’ Reading Levels, Clay Brindger
The Effects Of Accelerated Reader (Ar) As An Extrinsic Motivation Tool For Improving Gifted Students’ Reading Levels, Clay Brindger
The Corinthian
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of extrinsic motivation provided through an Accelerated Reading program (AR) on gifted students’ reading levels as indicated by a voluntary test. Fifty-six gifted students enrolled at two middle schools located in central Georgia participated in this study. Twenty of the students received extrinsic motivation through AR during this research. Thirty-four of them also read through the AR program, but without any additional extrinsic motivation. Their scores on the voluntary test indicate that the group who did not receive extrinsic motivation actually gained more between the pretest to the posttest than …
The Role Of The Teacher In Moving Students From Below Grade Level To Grade Level, Kathy Beck
The Role Of The Teacher In Moving Students From Below Grade Level To Grade Level, Kathy Beck
The Corinthian
The purpose of this study is to research some of the challenges that teachers face when teaching students who are reading below grade level. The study involved third grade students at Southwest Laurens Elementary School in Laurens County, Georgia. The study revealed that through the intense use of some basic reading strategies that students’ fluency, reading comprehension, and reading levels increased more than basic sight word recognition. The study recommends that teachers continue to spend time each day allowing students to read aloud individually to the teacher. The study further recommends that since it is difficult for one teacher to …
Activboard Instruction: Does It Increase Reading Skills?, Denita Hall
Activboard Instruction: Does It Increase Reading Skills?, Denita Hall
The Corinthian
The purpose of my research project was to involve students in interactive activities using the ActivBoard in order to guide practices that may lead to increased reading skills. My research project involved an ActivBoard group and a control group. Each group consisted of twenty second grade students in separate classes but taught at the same elementary school. The ActivBoard group engaged in active learning using guided practices incorporating the ActivBoard into the reading curriculum. Each group completed four pre- and posttest reading quizzes, two CRCT reading tests, and two STEEP reading fluency tests. I conducted this study over a two …