Midpoint Reading Attitude Survey

My focal group students have moved on from The Daily Five to literature circles, so on Monday, I administered the Reading Attitude Survey and compared the results from the baseline data. I was really surprised with some of the results because they do not really reflect my observations and conversations with students in interviews. Below are the results of the comparison from baseline to mid-research.

·         More students are highly upset about reading a book in school during free time.

·         For baseline data, none of the students were mildly or highly upset about starting a new book. Now, three of my students fit into this category.

·         Students have made more of a concrete determination about whether or not they like reading different kinds of books. For the baseline data, students were more spread in all four categories, now they are mainly in either extreme.

·         More students are very happy about me asking them questions about what they read. There are now no students who are highly upset about this.

·         Students feel the same about reading in school.

·         More students feel happy about starting reading class. There are now no students who are highly upset about this.

·         More students are very upset about the stories they read in reading class.

·         More students are upset about reading out loud in class.

·         More students are happy about taking a reading test. There are now no students who are highly upset about this.

Overall, I really want to talk to students about some of their answers to get justifications. I think this will help me better understand the results.