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A study of the impact of a reading specialization program on first-year teachers

Abstract

No abstract.

Reference

  • Keehn, S., Harmon, J., Hedrick, W., Martinez, M. & Perez, B. (2001). A study of the impact of a reading specialization program on first-year teachers. In J. V. Hoffman, D. L. Schallert, C. F. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, & B. Maloch (EDS) 50th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 323-332), Chicago, Ill: National Reading Conference. 

Journal

Yearbook of the National Reading Conference

Analysis

Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?

no

Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?

no

Research Approach

  • none stated

Geographic Setting

  • Texas

Institutional Context

  • University based

Certification Level

  • Elementary

Programatic Focus

  • reading specialization

Research Location Context

  • field-based methods course

Preservice Participants

  • First-year teachers

Preservice Sample Size

26

Duration of Data Collection

  • 1 year

Data Sources

  • Interviews

Data Analysis Tools

  • Constant comparative analysis

Researcher Positionality

  • Inside (studying their own programs)

Research Questions

"Do beginning teachers with reading specialization differ in reading knowledge and knowledge of practice from beginning teachers without reading specializations?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
"If these groups do differ, in what ways do they differ?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes

Categories

2PTP Category: Preservice teachers teaching practices (including shifts in teaching practices as a function of growth or context).

6GLP Category: Graduates literacy practices in classrooms

5FPP Category: Focus of the preparation program

7RPR Topic: Reading processes (eg, vocabulary)

7TRN Topic: Transitions

7CDL Topic: Content area literacy

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