Reading Comprehension and Correlation

¶ … teachers' expressed perceptions regarding their states' provisions for instructional materials and professional development opportunities related to state literacy initiatives for K-6 classroom teachers" (Marlow, Inman, Shwery, 2016, p. 207).

This study uses a survey method AND uses a survey as an instrument to collect data.

Survey method was used because "only those interested participated" (Marlow et al., 2016, p. 208).

Survey method was used because this was the easiest way to gather the data.

This consisted of "four-point Likert Scale items ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree" (Marlow et al., 2016, p. 208).

The format of the instrument was a survey mailed to the principals of schools for distribution. Content consisted of professional development questions (the state literacy initiative, professional development opportunities) and reading materials (appropriateness for grade levels, whether they addressed state's assessment instrument, etc.).

QUESTION 4

The purpose of this study was to show the importance of teachers, parents and community members becoming "involved in the movement to establish a strong parent-school connection" and to show "actual success in reading comprehension when reading achievement is a priority both in the home and at school" (Carmen, Hawes, Plourde, 2016, p. 231).

QUESTION 5

A. The research question was: "Does parental involvement affect the reading achievement (specifically comprehension) of sixth grade students?"

B. "There is no relationship between parental involvement and the reading comprehension and achievement of sixth grade students."

QUESTION 6

A. Non-experimental, correlational study.

B. Non-experimental, correlational study.

C. The design is appropriate because the study "did not determine a causal relationship between" the IV and the DV "but rather attempted to find a correlation between the two (Carmen et al., 2016, p. 235)

QUESTION 7

A. Parental involvement

B. Surveys

C. Descriptive statistics used to compare IV and DV -- analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation.

QUESTION 8

A. Reading achievement

B. Surveys

C. Descriptive statistics used to compare IV and DV -- analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation.

QUESTION 9