Date of Award

2012-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Speech-Language Pathology

Advisor(s)

Vannesa Mueller

Second Advisor

Bess S. Fjordbak

Abstract

This case study examines the effects of a kinesthetic literacy-training program on the complexity of narrative production and performance on the Garfield Motivation to Read Survey in a group of four 3rd grade elementary students. The 3rd grade teacher attended a Literacy Through Movement workshop to learn a range of movement-based literacy activities and methods for the classroom. The LITMO program was then implemented as part of a language arts poetry module for 3 weeks in her classroom. Changes in four students' performance on the Garfield Survey and narrative samples were measured before and after the LITMO intervention. Results suggest that incorporation of movement into literacy lessons may increase student involvement and class participation.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

82 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Daniel Peregrino

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