Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Kumar, David D.
Abstract
The present experimental study examined the effects of using a science textbook for the purpose of teaching reading comprehension skills to a sample of 99 fourth grade students from four classrooms at Pembroke Pines/Florida State University Charter School in Broward County, Florida. Ninety-nine students were assessed twice in word recognition, oral reading, silent reading, spelling, and word meaning using the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading. Approximately half of the students in the sample (n=49) were in the control group with the remainder (n=50) in the experimental group. Overall there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups based on MANOVA, which tested an optimized composite of dependent variables. Scores for all subtests for both groups increased from the pretest to the posttest, and the highest scores were for the oral reading subtest. Upon individual ANOVA, statistically significant effect for time was found for word recognition, oral reading, spelling, and word meaning subtests, but no statistically significant group effect or interaction was observed.
Extent
90 p.
Recommended Citation
Mikes, Lisa, "Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills Using A Science Textbook In A Charter School" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1353.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1353
Identifier
FA00000680
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.