Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Philosophy (Ph.D)
Department
Education Specialties
First Advisor
Michael Sampson
Second Advisor
Richard Brown
Abstract
According to Hudson, Koh, Moore, and Binks-Cantrell, (2020), The National Assessment of Educational Progress’s (NAEP) 2019 testing data revealed that 32% of U.S. fourth-grade students are reading below basic levels. This issue calls for interventions to increase reading achievement levels for elementary students. One way to accomplish this is to increase studies regarding what motivates caregivers to read to children. This present study examines how caregivers perceived the at-home read-aloud experience for children in primary grades: kindergarten through second grade. This study employed Bandura’s observational theory. The study consisted of a qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis of 20 caregivers of students from kindergarten through second grade. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of the caregivers. The data were coded and interpreted to connect themes. The findings will help guide future read aloud interventions.
Recommended Citation
Grimshaw, Heidi B., "HOW CAREGIVERS EXPERIENCE READING ALOUD TO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 328.
https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations/328