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  • A Grounded Theorizing of the Learning Opportunities Afforded to Third Graders Who Read Below Grade Level

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    Creator:
    Clay, Joseph L.
    Depositor:
    Joseph Clay
    Publisher:
    Webster University
    Language:
    English
    Date Uploaded:
    05/11/2025
    Date Modified:
    06/11/2025
    Date Created:
    2025
    Rights:
    In Copyright
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    Other
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    Abstract:
    The research design is a qualitative research method that uses systematized methods of theoretical sampling, coding, categorization, constant comparison, and memoing to guide the researcher to a theory (Cohen et al., 2018). The study's qualitative phase explored research question one: can reading instruction/curriculum like phonics and the Science of Reading intervention increase scholars' reading below grade level to reach proficiency? Then, research question two, asked, do third-grade classrooms experience transitions that interfere with student learning? This researcher breaks down the transitions into categories that will be explained in the findings. Then, research question three asked whether students and parents contribute to and transform the students' learning process to improve student reading skills, to read at grade level before entering middle school, and to close the opportunity gap. In the final question, the researcher will see how much parental involvement in reading at home lends itself to the overall educational preparedness of students. According to Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents (NESCA) (2021), children who read 20 minutes per day, i.e., five days a week, are exposed to 1.8 million words in one school year. The students observed reported reading only 10 minutes per night or less, which equals possibly 564,000 words per school year, far lower than what's recommended, which may be the cause of some low Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) test scores and the inability to read leaving third grade. [author supplied]