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Publication Date: 2014-Sep
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Reflections on Creemers' Comprehensive Model of Educational Effectiveness for Reading Literacy: South African Evidence from PIRLS 2006
van Staden, Surette; Howie, Sarah
Perspectives in Education, v32 n3 p172-192 Sep 2104
This study reports on a doctoral investigation (Van Staden, 2010) to identify and explain relationships between some major learner- and school-level factors associated with successful reading in Grade 5. South African classrooms are characterised by large variation, with linguistically and socio-economically heterogeneous groups of learners. However, there is a paucity of theoretical frameworks that could explain reading effectiveness in a developing context. For purposes of this study, the South African Grade 5 data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 were analysed. Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM) was applied to determine the effect of a number of explanatory variables at learner- and school-level on reading achievement as outcome variable, while controlling for language. In the absence of a reading effectiveness framework, Creemers' Comprehensive Model of Educational Effectiveness was used as theoretical point of departure. The framework left the differences in reading scores largely unexplained and could not capture the South African PIRLS 2006 data adequately. The study concludes with reflections on whether Creemers' model could guide an analysis to explain reading performance and on what further modifications to the mo
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Predictor Variables, Literacy, School Effectiveness, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
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