Improving Reading Fluency: Data Collection

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Data Collection Plan

In my data collection plan, I will use data-gathering instruments like checklists, observation, surveys, and others. This plan also describes the data collection matrix which will describe my research questions and three data sources for the study. The plan will also seek to explore different data collection instruments in detail and explain how they will be used in data collection. It will also give in detail the anticipated data collection timeline.

Data collection matrix

Research Question	Data Source 1	Data Source 2	Data Source 3
How can a child develop pre-reading skills?	Using letter construction aids to assist the child in identifying various alphabetical letters and vowels. Using various reading materials in the classroom to help children gain fluency in reading Use of audiotapes in teaching students	Teachers lesson plans used in reading assignments Assessing students reading materials samples Resource materials like Gray Oral Reading Test-3	Referring to various researches that had been carried before Research field notes
How are the reading skills improved by the teacher, parents, and the child himself?	Giving students reading assignments Giving the child reading assignment to be assessed by their parents Assessing the number of materials that a child has read in a given period	Child’s assignments at school and at home. Parental recording and remarks on the reading fluency of the child. Teachers assessment records	Past research materials
What are the advantages of having good reading skills?	Child performance in-class work as related to reading fluency performance. Child reading progress in terms of fluency.	Child reading assignment Reading resource materials. Teacher’s assessment records.	Past research materials

Data gathering instruments

The success of the study will depend on the effectiveness of the tools as applied in data collection. Various tools will be employed in order to collect the data as accurately as possible. These data collection tools will be reinforced by tests and they will be used to assess the effectiveness of these reading tests. The following data collection instruments will be used in the study.

Survey

The survey method will be used in this study. The survey method will be used to study different children in the classroom to compare their progress in reading fluency. The survey instrument will be used effectively to collect data from the sampled students in various settings. A survey will also be used to collect various tertiary data from various researches that have been carried out on the performance of the student in reading fluency exercises. In the survey, students will be selected for the study. They will be then exposed to the same reading assignment and their progress observed.

This will involve guided reading and repeated reading exercises given to the student. To assess the effects of parental importance in assisted reading, students will be divided into two groups. One cohort will be assigned parental assessment forms through which parents will be used to rate students reading performance in areas of accuracy, rate, and expression. Then other groups will be exposed to normal reading assignments without the intervention of the parent. Then eh two cohorts will be subjected to the same reading assignments to see if there was an effect with parental intervention in the exercise. Students will be final subject to independent practice on reading fluency and their performance assessed. (Meyer and Rust 2003, p. 78)

Checklist

A checklist will be used to collect various data in the study as per different tools that will be used. A checklist will be used to record the performance of the selected students during the reading exercise. In assessing the effectiveness of individual input in practical reading, it will be used to check on various books that will be assigned to the students. The checklist will be used to record the performance of each and every student in the reading exercise and consecutively rate them out of ten points. A checklist will be used to assess the rate, accuracy, and comprehension of the student in reading assignments, especially when using GORT-3 assessment tool. It will also be used to assess the performance of the students as per the recorded data. (Wolf and Katzir 2001, p.67)

Observation

Observation will be used to record the facial expression of the student during reading assignments. Observation will also be used to collect data on various researches that have been carried out in the past to help in comparing that data with what is expected out of the research. This instrument will also be used to assess the behavior of a student in relation to the use of various reading resource materials. (Binder et al. 2002, p. 12)

Data collection time plan

Data will be collected over a period of 6 months. The following time plan describes how data will be collected.

Activity	February	March	April	May	June	July
Seeking authority from the school to carry out the study	XXXX
Preparation of data collection tool	XXXX
Testing of data collection instruments		XXXX
Sampling students to be used for the study			XXXX
Sampling tertiary data collection tolls			XXXX
Assigning reading assignments to the students				XXXX
Giving students parental assessment forms				XXXX
Assessment and recording of students progress					XXXX
Compiling of the data from the three sources						XXXX

Reference

Binder, C., Haughton, E., & Bateman, B 2002, Fluency mastery in learning, Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 11(4), 13-56.

Meyers, E., & Rust, F 2003, Taking Action with Teacher Research, Heinemann, Portsmouth.

Wolf, M. & Katzir, T 2001, Reading fluency and its intervention, Studies of Reading, Vol. 5, p. 134-654.

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