The purpose of this study was to test the alternative hypothesis that subjects who use Aesthetically Illustrated Language Materials (AILM) will have significantly greater mean comprehension scores than subjects who use non-Aesthetically Illustrated Language Materials (non-AILM). / More specifically, five original stories (AILM and non-AILM) with 166 illustrations were developed and used as part of this experiment for the population of interest. A sample of 255 fourth grade students enrolled in the New York City public schools were part of this experiment. / The results of a Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) supported the alternative hypothesis that there was a significant difference in subjects' mean comprehension scores when using the AILM materials as compared with the control group. / The treatment descriptive means, standard deviations, and the MANOVA Sum of Squares were shown to be highly significant (at p value =.00001) in all five AILM treatments. / Thus, it is concluded that the AILM method was significantly more effective as compared with the control group. / It therefore follows that since AILM helps the student achieve better reading comprehension, its future use would be a valuable contribution to the field of education. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-07, Section: A, page: 1693. / Major Professor: Ernest A. Frechette. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77810 |
| Contributors | Zymaris, Angelique K., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 129 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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