Attitudes Toward Reading Held by Second Grade Students When Instructed in First and Second Grades Using the Basal Approach and the Whole Language Approach

Author

Anne L. Kepner, Central Washington University

Document Type

Graduate Project

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1991

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Arne Sippola

Second Committee Member

Parker C. Fawson

Third Committee Member

Calvin Greatsinger

Abstract

The attitudes toward reading held by second grade students when instructed using the basal approach and the whole language approach were studied. Forty surveys given to students at the end of their second grade year were analyzed. The results showed support for the hypothesis that students, taught reading by the whole language approach in first and second grades will have a more positive attitude toward reading than students taught reading by the traditional basal approach in the first and second grades.

Recommended Citation

Kepner, Anne L., "Attitudes Toward Reading Held by Second Grade Students When Instructed in First and Second Grades Using the Basal Approach and the Whole Language Approach" (1991). All Graduate Projects. 349.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/349