Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2017
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Education
Major Professor
Richard Allington
Committee Members
Anne McGill-Franzen, Deborah Wooten, Dorian McCoy
Abstract
This study examined, through think-aloud protocols, the metacognitive processes that proficient fourth-grade readers use while they read to explore what types of thinking are present in successful elementary-school readers. Using an embedded mixed methods design, I studied the reported thinking processes of 12 proficient, fourth-grade readers to determine what these readers reported thinking as they read informational texts and what types of patterns were evident in their thinking. Several common themes emerged from the analysis of the students’ think-alouds and the findings indicated that the participants applied multiple, similar reading strategies while reading to aid their comprehension.
Recommended Citation
Burton, Shelley Watson, "Expert Elementary Readers: A Profile of Reading Proficiency. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2017.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4447
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