Found this online when I did a search for best time of day for reading instruction:
Barron, Henderson, and Spurgeon (1994) discovered that below-grade- level first- through fourth-graders at one elementary school (number of subjects not reported) significantly increased their reading achievement scores when instructed in the afternoon as compared to the control group that received morning instruction. Davis (1987) found similar results for 100 first-grade beginning readers (both low- ability and high-ability readers); greater gains were achieved when instruction occurred in the afternoon. Found at: http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/poptopics/timeofday.html Barron, Bennie G.; Henderson, Martha V.; & Spurgeon, Rebecca. (1994). Effects of time of day instruction on reading achievement of below grade readers. Reading Improvement, 31(1), 59-60. (ERIC Journal No. EJ483273) Davis, Zephaniah T. (1987). Effects of time-of-day of instruction on beginning reading achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 80 (3), 138-140. (ERIC Journal No. EJ353277) Julie On Oct 20, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Lisa Szyska wrote: > Hi, > > It would be interesting to hear about any studies on > this...I've never heard of any. Though wasn't there > some research a few years ago about high school > students starting later in the a.m. because they learn > better later in the day? I don't remember, but maybe > it's of some relevance here. > > I've taught 3rd, 4th, 5th and now 2nd....I do believe > that the age of the kids is important to this > question. My older kids (4th and 5th) were able to > work well on reading and writing tasks in the > afternoon...sometimes they were a bit more awake! 3rd > graders tend to do better in the a.m., and I've done > it both ways with them. NO WAY could my particular > 2nd graders do reading in the afternoon as well as > they work in the a.m. They are pooped by the last > period, and it is a struggle to get them to stay with > me. I don't know if this is typical for 2nd or not, > since it is my first year in this level. Luckily, I > have specials most days at the end this year! > > Lisa > 2/3 IL > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
