A Study of the Ability of Intermediate-Grade Children to Draw Inferences from Selections of Children's Literature.

Autor/in	Burgdorf, Arlene Bernice
Titel	A Study of the Ability of Intermediate-Grade Children to Draw Inferences from Selections of Children's Literature.
Quelle	(1966), (210 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Ball State University...
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Abstract Reasoning; Books; Childrens Literature; Cognitive Processes; Comprehension; Content Area Reading; Elementary School Students; Intermediate Grades; Learning Processes; Listening Comprehension; Literary Discrimination; Perception; Performance Factors; Reading Comprehension; Socioeconomic Influences; Story Reading + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Verstehen; Verständnis; Sinnerfassendes Lesen; Mittelstufe; Learning process; Lernprozess; Hörverständnis; Wahrnehmung; Leistungsindikator; Leseverstehen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	To assess children's ability to draw inferences from selections of children's literature and to measure the significance of various selected factors to this ability was the problem of this study. Children (432) were evenly divided among grades 4, 5, and 6 and randomly divided at each grade level into two equal groups, one of which read the selections to themselves while the other group heard the same selections read aloud. After each story, all children were interviewed individually about the author's purpose, plot development, story setting, characterization, elements of style, realism, reader identification, and value judgments on aspects of the story. Their answers were classified according to perception. Data from records of their fathers' occupations, from intelligence tests, and from vocabulary and comprehension tests were computer-processed to relate total literary scores to other factors. Findings revealed that (1) those who listened to the stories scored higher on drawing inferences, (2) reading scores were significantly related to literary scores only for those who read the selections themselves, (3) mental age and grade level were significantly related to literary scores, and (4) socioeconomic class or sex had little relation to literary scores. (JM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01