The relationship between nighttime reading with children by their caregivers and reading achievement

The hypothesis of this research project was to determine if there was a significant relationship between children who were read to by their caregivers in previous years and children who were not read to by their caregivers in previous years. The relationship between reading achievement and gender was also examined in this research study. Twelve fourth grade students (six male, six female) were asked to complete a questionnaire about their reading practices and take a brief two part reading assessment, consisting of word recognition and reading comprehension. A two way between groups ANOVA revealed that there was not a significant difference between children who were read to by their caregivers in previous years and children who were not read to by their caregivers in previous years. A dependent T-Test showed that there was not a significant difference between reading achievement and gender. A correlation test revealed that there was a relationship between word recognition scores and reading comprehension scores.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. School Psychology-Professional School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services, Administration, and Higher Education

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Ashley

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klanderman, John

• Oral reading; Reading comprehension
• Child Psychology
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/342

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1341