A Comparison Of Students Attitudes Toward Reading Using The Whole Language Approach And Basal Approach PDF Download

The purpose of this study was to compare student’s attitudes toward reading using the basal reader during whole group instruction and guided reading using leveled texts in small groups. Twenty-three students in a regular education second grade classroom participated in a ten-week study. The results did not support the hypothesis that there would be a positive gain in attitudes of second graders toward reading when leveled texts were added to the basal text for instruction; however, the researcher recognized some important implications. The majority of students surveyed indicated that alternative methods to reading instruction were preferred over the traditional worksheet, drill and practice method of teaching reading.