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Keywords
Reading disability;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the method of seating children for a directed reading lesson and the acquisition of a concept taught during that lesson. It was felt that children seated closely together for group instruction distracted one another. This negative interaction in the group caused loss of attention and hindered learning. Subjects were matched groups of girls and matched groups of boys from the two third grades at Malcolm Price Laboratory School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The control groups were taught a reading lesson while seated with the teacher in a reading circle. The experimental groups were taught the same lesson but were isolated (able to see the teacher but not each other) for the second section or the reading lesson. This section presented the concept to be tested. A pre-test over the concept to be tested was administered. A post-test was administered immediately, after the lesson and a second post-test was administered one week later. None of the hypotheses tested were significant at the .05 level. However, several interesting phenomena were observed. The experimental girls were very anxious about and distracted by the experimental apparatus. They scored lever than the control girls. and it appeared that girls' learning did not benefit from their being isolated during the lesson. The fact that the experimental. girls were bothered by the experimental apparatus pointed out the possible need for a break-in period to allow students time to adjust to new apparatus.
Year of Submission
1968
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Education and Psychology
First Advisor
J. F. Breithaupt
Second Advisor
Richard Latten
Third Advisor
Esther M. Hult
Date Original
1968
Object Description
1 PDF file (110 leaves)
Copyright
©1968 George H. Hadley
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hadley, George H., "Interaction in Reading Groups: A Possible Cause of Reading Disability" (1968). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2823.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2823
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