Interaction between Reading Test Results and Elementary Reading Programs 1 |
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| Authors: | Mogens Hansen |
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| Institution: | School Psychological Service , Lyngby‐Taarb?k, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Hansen, M. 1979. Interaction between Reading Test Results and Elementary Reading Programs. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 23, 79‐89. All Pupils in grades 2‐4 in suburban Lyngby‐Taarbæk north of Copenhagen are tested each year with silent reading tests. In the school years 1975‐77 the results have been analyzed in a systematic dialogue between teachers of the mother tongue and reading specialists. This interaction seems to be a potent mechanism for change in educational planning. The individual class ‐ as the educational unit with common developmental conditions ‐ is given most weight in the analysis. The teacher's awareness of the reading development in the class is raised,’and the focus on individual children is related to the specific class. The general reading progress in Lyngby‐Taarbæk has been raised, and the number of pupils with severe reading problems has been reduced after some years of an unsatisfactory gradual lowering of general reading proficiency in the first school years. Results are used exclusively for internal evaluation. |
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