Status and Determinants to Reading Skill Development: Grade Four
| dc.contributor.advisor | Desta, Daniel (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abera, Solomon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-18T06:21:10Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T13:01:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-18T06:21:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T13:01:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess determinants and status of reading skills development at grade four. Students cannot comprehend and learn from texts until they can read fluently. To this end, existing public doubt questions whether children are really learning the required ski lls at appropriate grade levels and ages. This points out to conduct further study on the subject. From three primary schools, 120 students were randomly selected and assessed in terms of five core reading skill components which are letter knowledge, vocabulary, flu ency, accuracy and comprehension.Data were also obtained from 21 teachers of the same schools through questionnaire. Six school directors, supervisors and 12 parents were interviewed to complement the quantitative data. Data collected through the assessment tools and interviews were analyzed. The fi ndings revealed that reading and comprehension is a difficulty chil dren are faci ng at grade four, even if instruction is mother tongue based. Findings from flu ency measures shows that, 28 % of students at grade four are non-readers, and about 58 % of studentsread less than 45 words per minute (are slow readers). About42 % student's comprehension score is below average level. While 28 % of the respondent replied teaching methodology determines reading skill development; 24% also responded as parental involvement is a determinant. Other most determinants to read ing skill development were found availabilityof student friendly books, mother tongue based in struction and self-contai ned classroom approach. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12830 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Status and determinants | en_US |
| dc.title | Status and Determinants to Reading Skill Development: Grade Four | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |