“Why poor children are more likely to become poor readers: the early years” by Jennifer Buckingham, Robyn Beaman and Kevin Wheldall. In this literature, they discuss low socio-economic disadvantage and poor early literacy. Although, there are many other factors that can cause poor readers. This analytical proves and evaluates elements in this journal such as its claim, empirical data, and its mention of opposing sides to state its effectiveness in relaying the message.
In the title, the phrases, “Poor children” and “Poor Readers” automatically caught my attention, and it is a strong an intriguing title. When I think of poor children, I think of kids living in poverty having a very limited amount of food, clothing, and education. “The early …show more content…
Pennington, Rutter, Moffitt and Caspi indicate it could be genetic, and that can influence a child’s reading ability. Taylor states, "who parents are being less important than what parents do "(439). Meaning parents have an impact in their child’s education no matter how they live. Taylor also mention the quality of teaching, and the impact it can have on a child’s literacy, “When teacher quality is very low, genetic variance is constricted, whereas, when teacher quality is very high, genetic variance blooms” (431). Several also mention there is also a large amount of evidence of reading disorder, or disabilities. Ultimately, the common ground being that it all can coincide, still being that the low socio-economically children still have a disadvantage, and are “less likely to attend high-quality pre-schools, still creating a literacy gap” …show more content…
Which give me cogent reasons why this literature has strong claims. This article sets in “motion” and lays the foundation for each of the arguments regarding poor readers. Everything from health, an Australian study stating, “children in the lowest socio-economical quartile were twice as likely to be rated a developmentally vulnerable” (437). To phonological awareness, stating, “it is lower in children from low socio-economic background” (435). Oral language ability, and vocabulary knowledge were also mention in this article. Hart and Risley’s study mentions, “At age three, children in welfare-dependent families used an average of 167 different words per hour, compared with 251 words in working class families and 382 words in professional families (436)”. Which was a pretty interesting study showing how vocabulary knowledge is important. This scientific article was conducted by these three experts, Jennifer Buckingham she is a Senior Research Fellow & Head of 'FIVE from FIVE' Literacy Project. One of her expertise is school literacy. Dr. Robyn Beaman, she has a PhD in Special Education. Kevin Wheldall is a professor, chairman and director of MULTILIT. This scientific article was also published by the Research Unit Routledge, which is one of the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social
In the title, the phrases, “Poor children” and “Poor Readers” automatically caught my attention, and it is a strong an intriguing title. When I think of poor children, I think of kids living in poverty having a very limited amount of food, clothing, and education. “The early …show more content…
Pennington, Rutter, Moffitt and Caspi indicate it could be genetic, and that can influence a child’s reading ability. Taylor states, "who parents are being less important than what parents do "(439). Meaning parents have an impact in their child’s education no matter how they live. Taylor also mention the quality of teaching, and the impact it can have on a child’s literacy, “When teacher quality is very low, genetic variance is constricted, whereas, when teacher quality is very high, genetic variance blooms” (431). Several also mention there is also a large amount of evidence of reading disorder, or disabilities. Ultimately, the common ground being that it all can coincide, still being that the low socio-economically children still have a disadvantage, and are “less likely to attend high-quality pre-schools, still creating a literacy gap” …show more content…
Which give me cogent reasons why this literature has strong claims. This article sets in “motion” and lays the foundation for each of the arguments regarding poor readers. Everything from health, an Australian study stating, “children in the lowest socio-economical quartile were twice as likely to be rated a developmentally vulnerable” (437). To phonological awareness, stating, “it is lower in children from low socio-economic background” (435). Oral language ability, and vocabulary knowledge were also mention in this article. Hart and Risley’s study mentions, “At age three, children in welfare-dependent families used an average of 167 different words per hour, compared with 251 words in working class families and 382 words in professional families (436)”. Which was a pretty interesting study showing how vocabulary knowledge is important. This scientific article was conducted by these three experts, Jennifer Buckingham she is a Senior Research Fellow & Head of 'FIVE from FIVE' Literacy Project. One of her expertise is school literacy. Dr. Robyn Beaman, she has a PhD in Special Education. Kevin Wheldall is a professor, chairman and director of MULTILIT. This scientific article was also published by the Research Unit Routledge, which is one of the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social