Title
The Effect of Teachers' Cultural Proficiency Training on Sixth Grade Students' Reading Achievement
Date of Award
4-1-2011
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ded)
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Kay A. Keiser
Second Advisor
Dr. Jeanne L. Surface
Third Advisor
Dr. Larry L. Dlugosh
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Julie A. Delkamiller
Abstract
This study evaluated the overall reading achievement of African American (n = 42) and White (n = 21) sixth grade students in an urban Midwestern school, after their teachers‘ engaged in culturally proficiency training provided by The Minnesota Humanities Center. Data for students in the study was collected for comprehension levels or acuity (CTB/McGraw-Hill, 2010), text gradient levels (Fountas & Pinnell, 2008), and oral fluency levels (Berglund & Johns, 2006; Fountas & Pinnell, 2008) during year two of their teachers‘ participation in the training.
Recommended Citation
Wells-Rivers, Diane, "The Effect of Teachers' Cultural Proficiency Training on Sixth Grade Students' Reading Achievement" (2011). Student Work. 3471.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/3471
Comments
A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate College at the University of Nebraska in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education. Copyright 2011 Diane Wells-Rivers.