Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Publication Date

6-3-1966

Abstract

In 1936, Dr. Lloyd Tireman conducted a study in which he analyzed the reading performance of Spanish-speaking children in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The results of this study showed that these children performed slightly above grade level in the first and second grades, but that they began to drop below grade level in the third grade. This drop continued through the grades until, in the eighth grade, these children were performing two years below grade level. In explaining this later drop in performance, Dr. Tireman suggested as a possible cause:

The strict control of reading vocabulary breaks down in the intermediate grades, and the children are exposed to a much wider range of texts, vocabulary, and concepts. It is usually assumed that the child’s vocabulary and range of experience will have increased accordingly. We cannot make this assumption with regard to the bilingual child.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Elementary Education

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Miles Vernon Zintz

Second Committee Member

Patrick Daniel Lynch

Third Committee Member

John Thomas Zepper

Fourth Committee Member

Fredrick Karl Adams

Fifth Committee Member

Stanley Stewart Newman

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