Differentiated Instruction: Effects on Reading in the Urban Schools: Differentiated Instruction: Effects on Reading Comprehension in the Urban Elementary School Setting - Softcover

D'Angelo, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639161378 ISBN 13: 9783639161373

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

This study examined the viability of gradually and incrementally implementing flexible differentiated instruction, or what is commonly known as flexible ?ability grouping?, in primary and middle schools, with a focus on grade 4. The goal of study was to show that a ?happy medium? between tracking (i. e. total ability grouping) and whole-class instruction (i. e. no ability grouping) would be the most viable alternative. This alternate is termed flexible differentiated instruction, of which the ultimate goal is for teachers to design instruction methods to meet the unique needs of the students, with a minimal amount of disruption and the maximum amount of academic improvement. Results were measured independently as to the level of success of the program, both through an extensive literature review and a research design using the Burns & Roe Informal Reading Inventory. The findings of this research indicated that students who were treated with a flexible differentiated instruction grouping approach developed reading comprehension skills achieved at a greater rate than students who were treated with a whole class model and a fully differentiated model.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Frank D'Angelo is an Assistant Professor in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education department at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Voted the Outstanding Professor at the university in 2006, his areas of research include mathematics coaching models and urban education.

About this edition

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3639161378
• ISBN 13: 9783639161373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100