Increasing Home Access to Print through a Summer Book Club: Effects on First-grade Students’ Reading Achievement, Cognitive Motivation, and Reading Volume
Location
Literacy Assessment and Instruction - Boston 2/3
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the impact of increasing home access of books for first-grade students who were reading below grade level and came from low-income families. Two components were implemented: (1) Rotating Leveled Books and (2) Gifted Books & Family Connections. For the component Rotating Leveled Books, the researcher met with each of the nine student participants once a week in order for him or her to self-select 10 to 12 leveled readers. During the meeting the participant read aloud four to five of the books and the researcher engaged the student in conversations focusing on meaning and vocabulary. Students kept books for a week and were encouraged to do repeated readings of the books. The process repeated weekly. For component two – Gifted Books and Family Connections – students received up to 70 books that they were able to keep in their home. A formative experiment design was implemented; therefore, a combination of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis was used to measure reading achievement, cognitive motivation, and reading volume. Preliminary findings indicate gains in reading achievement and motivation for reading. This presentation focuses on component one – Rotating Leveled Books – examining three of the nine participants.
Keywords
home access to books, summer reading, low-income, first-grade
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Prosser, Elizabeth, "Increasing Home Access to Print through a Summer Book Club: Effects on First-grade Students’ Reading Achievement, Cognitive Motivation, and Reading Volume" (2018). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 28.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2018/2018/28
Increasing Home Access to Print through a Summer Book Club: Effects on First-grade Students’ Reading Achievement, Cognitive Motivation, and Reading Volume
Literacy Assessment and Instruction - Boston 2/3
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the impact of increasing home access of books for first-grade students who were reading below grade level and came from low-income families. Two components were implemented: (1) Rotating Leveled Books and (2) Gifted Books & Family Connections. For the component Rotating Leveled Books, the researcher met with each of the nine student participants once a week in order for him or her to self-select 10 to 12 leveled readers. During the meeting the participant read aloud four to five of the books and the researcher engaged the student in conversations focusing on meaning and vocabulary. Students kept books for a week and were encouraged to do repeated readings of the books. The process repeated weekly. For component two – Gifted Books and Family Connections – students received up to 70 books that they were able to keep in their home. A formative experiment design was implemented; therefore, a combination of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis was used to measure reading achievement, cognitive motivation, and reading volume. Preliminary findings indicate gains in reading achievement and motivation for reading. This presentation focuses on component one – Rotating Leveled Books – examining three of the nine participants.
