Date of Award
5-1-2009
Degree Type
Thesis
University or Center
Clark Atlanta University(CAU)
School
School of Education
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Trevor Turner
Second Advisor
Dr. Ganga Persaud
Third Advisor
Dr. Noran Moffett
Abstract
It was proposed to examine student motivation and teacher expectation for student performance in reading in relation to teachers' perceptions of instructional supervision, planning and preparation, instructional delivery, preservice college preparation, reading endorsement certification, teacher professional development, grade level teaching assignment and parental involvement. The results of a teacher survey indicated that student motivation was correlated with teacher expectation about students' performance on the Georgia Criterion Reference Competency Tests (CRCT), and both were correlated with preservice college training, instructional delivery and parent involvement. Based on the survey results, a treatment was conducted to enhance teachers' capabilities to teach for higher order thinking skills in reading in the second grade of a metropolitan Atlanta elementary school. There was no significant transfer on the CRCT from the treatment.
Recommended Citation
Haynes, Sarah Kirksey, "Student reading performance in relation to selected causal variables and a teaming process for improving higher order thinking skills" (2009). ETD Collection for Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. Paper 60.
http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/60