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The Goal to Perform in Readers’ Theater Motivates Boys Who Struggle With Reading (2024)

Hautala, J., Karhunen, R., Junttila, E., Ronimus, M., & Young, C. (2024). The Goal to Perform in Readers’ Theater Motivates Boys Who Struggle With Reading. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 38(3), 485-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2023.2301092

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Hautala, Jarkko
Junttila, Enni

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Hautala, Jarkko; Karhunen, Roosa; Junttila, Enni; Ronimus, Miia; Young, Chase

Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Research in Childhood Education

ISSN: 0256-8543

eISSN: 2150-2641

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 25.01.2024

Volyymi: 38

Lehden numero: 3

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 485-501

Kustantaja: Routledge

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2023.2301092

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/93211

Tiivistelmä

There is a global concern regarding boys’ poor engagement in literacy activities. It is suggested that boys enjoy ways of learning that are active and have explicit goals. Readers’ theater (RT) provides an active and collaborative means of practicing oral reading fluency, with a clear goal of performing for an audience at the end of training. In the context of an intervention study for struggling readers in grades 3 and 4 (9–10 years old), we investigated whether boys benefit more than girls from the goal to perform in readers’ theater in terms of reading fluency development, engagement, and retrospective perception of their learning. We found that girls slightly outperformed boys in expressive reading and showed higher engagement in RT. Girls were also more interested in drama and more likely to participate in the study. However, boys showed a larger reduction in RT-related disaffection over time. In addition, boys in the goal-oriented program reported learning to act and immerse themselves in the text more often than boys in the practice-oriented RT. In contrast, girls reported learning these skills also in the practice-oriented RT. We conclude that the goal to perform in RT may be particularly helpful in engaging boys in RT.

YSO-asiasanat: lukeminen; interventio; oppiminen; lukutaito; lukihäiriöt

Vapaat asiasanat: intervention; middle childhood; mixed-methods; readers’ theater; reading difficulties; reading fluency

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