Hypothesis: Five year old kindergarten students identified as having an intellectual disability will show improved scores on the Developmental Reading Assessment at the end of the academic year when they are mainstreamed for reading within the classroom throughout the school year.
Variables:
Independent variable: One group of students will be mainstreamed for reading within the regular classroom. The other group of students identified as ID will be pulled out into a small group to receive reading instruction within the resource room.
Dependent variable: The dependent variable is the score achieved by each student on the DRA.
Subjects: For this experiment the subjects would be 10 five year old students that would be going to kindergarten. …show more content…
The students should be divided equally between 2 groups with 5 students receiving inclusion for reading instruction and five students being pulled into a small group for reading instruction. Once the ten students are identified, the parents should be contacted to explain the study's research and methods. The parents will be asked to sign a release allowing their child to participate.
Before the study begins, the researcher will assess each students reading skills to establish a baseline. The students will be tested again after each semester with the Developmental Reading Assessment to assess reading growth. The DRA is standardized therefore, the researcher will follow the instructions provided by the test.
The ten students will be receiving the same reading instruction as their peers every school day starting the first day of the academic year. Five of the students with ID will stay within the classroom for reading instruction with their peers (group A) while the other five students with ID will receive their reading instruction together in a small group (group B). The same teacher will provide reading instruction to both groups on a daily basis. Also, both group A and B will be introduced to the same reading activities and receive the same …show more content…
Some students may have parents that read to them daily and are actively involved in working with their child daily on their reading skills. To help control this variable, all parents will be encouraged to read to their children daily. Another extraneous variable is that the teacher of the mainstreamed classroom is not typically the same teacher that provides instruction in the resource room which may led to inconsistencies between the material taught and time spent on reading. To alleviate the inconsistencies, the same teacher will provide instruction to both group
Variables:
Independent variable: One group of students will be mainstreamed for reading within the regular classroom. The other group of students identified as ID will be pulled out into a small group to receive reading instruction within the resource room.
Dependent variable: The dependent variable is the score achieved by each student on the DRA.
Subjects: For this experiment the subjects would be 10 five year old students that would be going to kindergarten. …show more content…
The students should be divided equally between 2 groups with 5 students receiving inclusion for reading instruction and five students being pulled into a small group for reading instruction. Once the ten students are identified, the parents should be contacted to explain the study's research and methods. The parents will be asked to sign a release allowing their child to participate.
Before the study begins, the researcher will assess each students reading skills to establish a baseline. The students will be tested again after each semester with the Developmental Reading Assessment to assess reading growth. The DRA is standardized therefore, the researcher will follow the instructions provided by the test.
The ten students will be receiving the same reading instruction as their peers every school day starting the first day of the academic year. Five of the students with ID will stay within the classroom for reading instruction with their peers (group A) while the other five students with ID will receive their reading instruction together in a small group (group B). The same teacher will provide reading instruction to both groups on a daily basis. Also, both group A and B will be introduced to the same reading activities and receive the same …show more content…
Some students may have parents that read to them daily and are actively involved in working with their child daily on their reading skills. To help control this variable, all parents will be encouraged to read to their children daily. Another extraneous variable is that the teacher of the mainstreamed classroom is not typically the same teacher that provides instruction in the resource room which may led to inconsistencies between the material taught and time spent on reading. To alleviate the inconsistencies, the same teacher will provide instruction to both group