Changing the attitudes of pre-service teachers toward content literacy strategies
Abstract
- The purpose of this research was to study the impact of an adolescent literacy education course on content area education students' attitudes toward implementing adolescent literacy strategies within their content lessons. Longitudinal data were gathered over five years and then analyzed. The researcher documented changes in the attitudes of the education students toward implementing literacy strategies within their content areas using a pre/post format ; of the "Pre-service Teachers' Perception/Attitude Survey." A one-way repeated-measures ANOVA tested the effects of the semester-long experience of 250 education students over a five year period. The main effect revealed a significant impact on the post attitude mean of the attitude survey. A one-way ANOVA conducted within each of the four content areas of math, science, history and English yielded significant results pre to post. However, post-hoc tests found no significant differences among the four groups. Further investigation is being made into the actual use of literacy strategies in the classroom when the education students begin their teaching careers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Reference
Warren-Kring, B., & Warren , G. (2013). Changing the attitudes of pre-service teachers toward content literacy strategies. Reading Improvement , 50(2), 75-82.
Journal
Reading Improvement
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
yes
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
- "longitudinal": across varying classes over time
- Quantitative
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
Research Location Context
- Secondary school
- University
Preservice Participants
- Undergraduates (university based program)
Preservice Sample Size
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
Data Analysis Tools
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
- Inside (studying their own programs)
Research Questions
Did content area education students' attitudes change over the semester of learning and applying hands-on literacy strategies? (p. 78).
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes