Motivation in Ed Presentation 2.21

Learning to read and write: A longitudinal study of 54 children from first through fourth grades – Juel, C. (1988). 

Contents

Critical Questions

Methods
Theory

• Simple View of Reading

• Simple View of Writing

Activity

Critical Questions

• Do the same children remain poor readers year after year? 

• Do the same children remain poor writers year after year? 

• What skills do the poor readers lack? 

• What skills do the poor writers lack? 

• What factors seem to keep poor readers from improving? 

• What factors seem to keep poor writers from improving?
  

Methods

Focus: the article aims to examine literacy development in children from 1st to 4th grade​Study
Type: Longitudinal Study

• The researchers followed the children as they progressed from 1st to 4th grade
  

-Quantity: 54 participants

-Population: children

-Racial/Ethnic Demographic:

*26% Anglo American 

*31% Black/African American

*43% Hispanic Americans

-Gender Demographic:

*31 girls (57%), 23 boys (43%)

-Location: children attended a school in Austin, Texas

Theory

The Simple View of Reading & The Simple View of Writing

Simple View of Reading

• Reading is composed of two factors: Decoding & Comprehension

• Decoding: it is the process dependent partly on phonemic awareness that leads to word recognition 

  • Phonemes: the smallest unit of speech that help to distinguish one word from another through distinct sounds

  • Phonemic Awareness: the understanding that language is composed of  phonemes

• Comprehension: the process by which the meaning of words are integrated into coherent sentence structures

Simple View of Writing

• Writing is composed of two factors: Spelling & Ideation

• Spelling: a representation of phonemes within a language that gives meaning to pronunciation sequences 

• Ideation: the ability to generation and organize ideas

Word Cloud

What factors could impact a student's development of literacy?

Multiple Select

According to the Simple View, what skills do poor readers lack?

• decoding

• writing

• listening comprehension

Multiple Select

According to the Simple View, what skills do poor writers lack?

• spelling

• idea generation

• handwriting

Open Ended

What types of problems can poor early decoding lead to for students?

Word Cloud

What could deter the motivation of a student who is a poor reader and/or poor writer?

For Discussion:

"The poor first grade reader almost invariably remains a poor reader by the end of fourth grade." (pg. 440)
"Poor readers appear to become poor writers." (pg. 442)

How can educators utilize motivation theories to support these students in improving their competencies?