Reading and achievement: some lessons for the future
| Autor: | Barbara MacGilchrist |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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| Zdroj: | Research Papers in Education. 12:157-175 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1146 0267-1522 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0267152970120204 |
| Popis: | Underachievement in reading is a major threat to pupils’ educational progress in both primary and secondary education. The largest group who persistently performed least well in reading was composed of Year 6, white pupils from poor socio‐economic backgrounds. This group is a particular cause for concern. Low reading performance, moreover, almost certainly means that for these pupils other aspects of literacy such as writing and spelling are also weak. The cumulative effect of these weaknesses in literacy on their self‐esteem and opportunities to learn can only be guessed. This is an extract from an Office for Standards in Education report on the inspection of reading standards in 45 primary schools in three school districts in London. It ends with a comment which is open‐ended in nature and gives the impression that, as yet, the answer is unknown. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the cumulative effect of weaknesses in literacy does not have to be guessed. The paper draws attention to s... |
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