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Effects of Differentiated Reading on Elementary Students’ Reading Comprehension and Attitudes Toward Reading
Gifted Child Quarterly
  • Elizabeth Shaunessy-Dedrick, University of South Florida
  • Linda Evans, Kennesaw State University
  • John M. Ferron, University of South Florida
  • Myriam Lindo, University of South Florida
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2015
Keywords
  • differentiation,
  • Schoolwide Enrichment Model–Reading,
  • Title I,
  • reading comprehension
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986214568718
Disciplines
Abstract

In this investigation, we examined the effects of a differentiated reading approach on fourth grade students’ reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading. Eight Title I schools within one urban district were randomly assigned to treatment (Schoolwide Enrichment Model–Reading [SEM-R]) or control (district reading curriculum) conditions. Treatment teachers implemented SEM-R as a supplement to the district curriculum for 1 academic year, whereas control teachers used the district curriculum. Based on multilevel analyses of students’ posttest reading comprehension scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (n = 358) and attitudes toward reading as measured by the Elementary Reading Attitudes Survey (n = 429), no statistically significant differences in students’ attitudes toward reading were found, but SEM-R students had significantly higher scores on the comprehension posttest compared with the students in the control schools.

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Gifted Child Quarterly, v. 59, issue 2, p. 91-107

Citation Information
Elizabeth Shaunessy-Dedrick, Linda Evans, John M. Ferron and Myriam Lindo. "Effects of Differentiated Reading on Elementary Students’ Reading Comprehension and Attitudes Toward Reading" Gifted Child Quarterly Vol. 59 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 91 - 107
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth-shaunessy-dedrick/45/