Pretesting: Minimize Time Spent on Skill Work for Intermediate Readers

Teachers may have difficulty finding the time to employ new strategies while using basal procedures. Two studies were conducted to determine if pretesting the students could prevent unnecessary time being spent on skills already learned, freeing that time for other teaching strategies. Both experime...

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Published in:The Reading teacher 1988-11, Vol.42 (2), p.100-104
Main Authors: Taylor, Barbara M., Frye, Barbara J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basal reading
Education
Elementary school students
Intermediate grades
Learning
Pretests
Questionnaires
Reading
Reading comprehension
Reading instruction
Reading teachers
Students
Teachers
Testing
Tests
Workbooks
Writing instruction
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Summary:Teachers may have difficulty finding the time to employ new strategies while using basal procedures. Two studies were conducted to determine if pretesting the students could prevent unnecessary time being spent on skills already learned, freeing that time for other teaching strategies. Both experiments were composed of an experimental group (N = 93 average fifth & sixth graders, & 47 above-average sixth graders) & a control group (N = 75 average fifth graders & 29 above-average sixth graders). Each group took pretests on individual comprehension skills. The first study used skill sheets as pretests, & study two used pretests provided in the basal series. Results show that many fifth & sixth graders could be pretested & then left to spend the free time by independently reading novels or learning how to study content-area textbooks. 11 References. A. Sturrock
ISSN:0034-0561
1936-2714