Educational researchers agree that learning to read is one of the most important tasks students undertake. There is also agreement that the school principal makes a difference in the instruction the students receive. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between these two statements by examining the relationship between fourth-grade students' attitudes toward reading and the involvement of elementary school principals in the reading program.The 62 target elementary schools were selected from the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Germany Region based on student enrollment and tenure of the principal. Fourth-grade students' attitudes toward reading were measured using the Estes Attitude Scale. Principal involvement in the reading program was measured using the Cramer Inventory of Principal Involvement in Reading. The data analysis represents the results from 42 of the target elementary schools, for a return rate of 67.7 percent.The correlation between elementary school students' attitudes toward reading and the involvement of the principal in the reading program was not significant. Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions were drawn:1.The attitudes of fourth-grade students in DoDDS-Germany toward reading were positive.2.The difference between the behaviors elementary school principals rated highest and those they rated lowest were verbal commitment to the reading program versus direct, specific involvement with students.3.This results of this study reinforced the conclusions of earlier studies which found that classroom teachers may be the most important element in the learning environment. / Department of Elementary Education
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/175674 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Cramer, Mary Kay |
| Contributors | Williams, R. Ann |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | xii, 109 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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