- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A comparative analysis of reading achievement, classroom behavior, student aspiration and social interactions of students who attend preschool education and students who do not attend preschool education: implication for elementary principals, 2003
- Creator:
- Clark, Toni Alma
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this research is to examine the differences between the reading achievement of students who attend preschool programs and those who do not attend preschool programs. The results of this study will help administrators to effectively lead their schools toward educational reform as it relates to improving test scores. This study utilized quantitative methods to determine the differences between the reading achievement of preschool and nonpreschool attendees. A questionnaire was developed and sent to 230 participated parents. Of the 230 questionnaires sent, 150 were returned, but all that were returned could not be used in order to balance the preschool attendees with the nonpreschool attendees to be tested. The independent and dependent variables were analyzed with the ANOVA statistical tool. The 0.05 level of significant was used to test the null hypotheses. The following are the findings from this research: Hypotheses 1, 2, 3, and 4 were rejected. There is a significant difference in reading achievement, classroom behavior, student aspiration and social interaction of preschool attendees and non pre-school attendees as measured by the BLT. Hypotheses 5 through 24 were all accepted. There is no significant difference in the reading achievement, classroom behavior, student aspiration and social interaction as related to the moderator variables: socioeconomic status, gender, race, mother's educational level and family composition of preschool attendees and non preschool attendees at the first grade level.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2003_clark_toni_a
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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