The Effects of Self-Selected Reading on the Reading Comprehension Level of Children of Poverty in an Eleventh Grade Classroom

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dc.contributor.authorWhitley, Brian
dc.contributor.programMasters of Educationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-10T21:29:11Z
dc.date.available2016-02-10T21:29:11Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine whether monitored, self-selected reading would affect the reading achievement of 11th grade children of poverty. The measurement tool was the reading comprehension portion of the Accuplacer Test taken online. This study was a quasi-experimental design that involved the use of a pretest/posttest strategy to compare data over an eight-week period of intervention. Achievement gains were significant, although other factors may have impacted the results. More research into implementing this low-cost intervention for students of poverty should be investigated as the need to prepare students for the rigors of college becomes more important as more and more jobs are now requiring higher levels of education.en_US
dc.format.extent27 p.en_US
dc.genreaction research papersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2QT5B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/2225
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relationMaster of Education
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
dc.subject.lcshEducation -- Research papers (Graduate)
dc.subject.lcshReading comprehension -- Research
dc.subject.lcshPoor children -- Research
dc.subject.lcshEleventh grade (Education) -- Research
dc.titleThe Effects of Self-Selected Reading on the Reading Comprehension Level of Children of Poverty in an Eleventh Grade Classroomen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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