Reading Attitude of Struggling Elementary Students

The present study investigated the reading attitude of struggling elementary students at risk for reading failure. Twenty-nine first-grade and 32 second-grade struggling readers were given the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (McKenna & Kear, 1990). First-grade struggling readers favored more...

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Main Author Chang, Sau Hou
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 2010
Subjects
At Risk Students
Attitude Measures
Elementary Reading Attitude Survey
Elementary School Students
Gender Differences
Grade 1
Grade 2
Intervention
Preferences
Reading Ability
Reading Attitudes
Reading Difficulties
Reading Failure
Reading Improvement
Reading Programs
Reading Skills
Reading Tests
Recreational Reading
Scores
Skill Development
Student Attitudes
Surveys
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Summary:The present study investigated the reading attitude of struggling elementary students at risk for reading failure. Twenty-nine first-grade and 32 second-grade struggling readers were given the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (McKenna & Kear, 1990). First-grade struggling readers favored more academic reading activities while second-grade struggling readers favored more recreational reading activities. The percentile ranks of reading attitude of first-grade struggling readers were below the 50th percentile, and those of second-grade struggling readers were slightly above the 50th percentile. No differences were found in reading attitude between first-grade and second-grade struggling readers. The paper also discussed limitations of the study, suggested future research, and recommended implication for practice. [This article was published in "Indiana Reading Journal" v43 p11-18 Fall 2010.]