ERIC Number: EJ1043619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Promise for Enhancing Children's Reading Attitudes through Peer Reading: A Mixed Method Approach
Lee, Youngju
Journal of Educational Research, v107 n6 p482-492 2014
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) was implemented for supplementary reading classes in a Korean elementary school. The treatment group children were exposed to PALS during 20 min sessions, 4 times a week, for 8 weeks. The impacts of PALS were investigated in 3 aspects using a mixed-methods approach: improvement in reading attitudes, reading skills, and student perceptions of the intervention. Data collection includes reading attitude measures, standardized reading comprehension test scores, student satisfaction survey, student interviews, and student journals. The PALS group students showed significantly enhanced reading attitudes and reading skills. Consistently, qualitative data analysis also revealed affirmative influence of PALS on students' attitudes toward reading. Finally, the findings also suggested social benefits of PALS including developing cooperative skills and friendships.
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Student Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Attitude Measures, Standardized Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Student Surveys, Satisfaction, Interviews, Student Journals, Attitude Change, Skill Development, Reading Skills, Foreign Countries, Oral Reading, Cooperative Learning, Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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