READ WRITE INC.

The impact of RWI on attitudes and feelings towards spelling on KS2 pupils and staff at a small rural primary school

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Abstract

The study is conducted on the impact of Read Write Inc program on attitudes and feelings towards spelling on KS2 pupils and staff at a small rural primary school. As this program is especially developed for the children who are age between 3 to 6 years. In this study the main focus was on the spelling and reading of children. The study was conducted in rural school and the impact of implementation has been analyzed by conducting survey of parents and staff of schools. The results have shown good and positive response from parents and staff members regarding the program due to the improvement in the performance of student.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1

PROBLEM STATEMENT2

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY3

RESEARCH QUESTIONS3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY7

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION8

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION17

REFERENCES18

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

The Read Write Inc. program is an effective program concern education which has been designed and formulated such that it can offer inspiring and effective professional training to the children studying in primary schools. The researchers have conducted significant studies following which it has been concluded that Read Write Inc. program can substantially help in the transformation of teaching and learning practices, thereby positively impacting literacy rate in schools and colleges. Read Write Inc. program primarily involves various programs which provide systematic approach towards increasing literacy rate through covering teaching and learning aspects of reading, spelling, writing and comprehension. The various elements of the Read Write Inc. program can be utilised independently or could also be incorporated as learning approach for the students in the strategy already in place so as to deliver holistic strategy (Whittrock, 1986, pp. 45).

The training is usually available for all categories of programs which subsequently ensure consistent practice across all the educational institutes. With the help of the Read Write Inc. program, children are taught various alphabetic codes in an attempt to strengthen their logical spelling ability. They also help students in learning common roots words with numerous prefixes and suffixes. Moreover, the studies have also identified that Read Write Inc. program covers mnemonics along with several other strategies that can further help students learn irregular words. Read Write Inc. program creates a basis for an effective learning strategy that helps children in identifying their own frequently misspelled words themselves, thereby enhancing their learning ability by manifolds. With the help of this program, children become better enabled and equipped so as to absorb new information and knowledge effectively and efficiently (Vaillant, 2005, pp. 65).

Voluminous amount of researchers have mentioned that Read Write Inc. program can have positive and long term impact on the spelling ability of the students. It has been mentioned that large proportion of children found the Read Write Inc. program more effective and efficient when compared with existing strategies and teaching approaches. It is believed to have not only improved the capabilities of ...