Article
Using Comic Books to Improve Three Elementary Studens' Reading and Writing Skills- A Multi-Case STudy Analysis.pdf
READ: An Online Journal for Literacy Educators
(2018)
Abstract
Education and literacy researchers have acknowledged educational merit in reading instruction that integrates authentic reading texts, such as comic books, which meet the needs of today’s multi-modal learners. This qualitative multi-case study explores how three pre-service teachers use a comic book series known as TOON books during guided reading instruction to improve the literacy skills of three elementary students in third and sixth grades who struggled with reading and/or writing. Each pre-service teacher identified four literacy goals prior to tutoring (three reading goals & one writing goal) based on their student’s individual literacy needs, which totaled 12 literacy goals in all. The pre-service teachers reported improvements in 11/12 of the students’ literacy goals for all students while using these TOON books during their guided reading instruction.
Keywords
- teacher preparation,
- guided reading,
- comic books,
- reading skills,
- writing skills
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer June, 2018
Citation Information
Gina M Doepker, Ewa McGrail and Alicja Rieger. "Using Comic Books to Improve Three Elementary Studens' Reading and Writing Skills- A Multi-Case STudy Analysis.pdf" READ: An Online Journal for Literacy Educators Vol. 4 Iss. 6 (2018) p. 4 - 27 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gina-doepker/40/