Examining the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment among urban elementary students : An exploratory study
Using a quantitative approach, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment of Grade 4 students in an urban school division in Saskatchewan. The specific research questions were: 1. What is the correlation between attendance and reading...
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ftusaskatchewan:oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/ETD-2015-09-2200 2023-05-15T16:55:12+02:00 Examining the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment among urban elementary students : An exploratory study Howe, Curtis Prytula, Michelle Okoko, Janet Newton, Paul Burgess, David Claypool, Tim September 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-09-2200 eng eng University of Saskatchewan http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-09-2200 TC-SSU-2015092200 Attendance Literacy text Thesis 2015 ftusaskatchewan 2022-01-17T11:55:16Z Using a quantitative approach, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment of Grade 4 students in an urban school division in Saskatchewan. The specific research questions were: 1. What is the correlation between attendance and reading literacy rates? 2. Is the relationship between attendance and reading literacy rates the same for FNMI as it is for the general population? The data used for this study were the attendance records and reading literacy scores of N=1141 Grade 4 students. The data were analysed using a non-parametric statistical analysis relying on Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient to assess the relationship between the two variables. Overall, the relationship between attendance and reading literacy rates was negligible as (N=1141) was rs= 0.08, p<0.01. However, a small effect size (N=286 was rs= 0.236, p<0.01) was indicated in the bottom quartile or students, based on attendance percentage. As well, for First Nation Metis and Inuit Students, the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment was also found to be small as (N=187) was rs= 0.212, p<0.01. Thesis inuit University of Saskatchewan: eCommons@USASK |
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Using a quantitative approach, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment of Grade 4 students in an urban school division in Saskatchewan. The specific research questions were: 1. What is the correlation between attendance and reading literacy rates? 2. Is the relationship between attendance and reading literacy rates the same for FNMI as it is for the general population? The data used for this study were the attendance records and reading literacy scores of N=1141 Grade 4 students. The data were analysed using a non-parametric statistical analysis relying on Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient to assess the relationship between the two variables. Overall, the relationship between attendance and reading literacy rates was negligible as (N=1141) was rs= 0.08, p<0.01. However, a small effect size (N=286 was rs= 0.236, p<0.01) was indicated in the bottom quartile or students, based on attendance percentage. As well, for First Nation Metis and Inuit Students, the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment was also found to be small as (N=187) was rs= 0.212, p<0.01. |
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Examining the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment among urban elementary students : An exploratory study |
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Examining the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment among urban elementary students : An exploratory study |
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examining the relationship between attendance and reading literacy attainment among urban elementary students : an exploratory study |
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