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Describing and improving the teaching of reading in Singapore primary schools
Citation
Wong, R. Y. L. (2006, February). Describing and improving the teaching of reading in Singapore primary schools (Report No. CRP 18/03 AL and CRP 19/03 AL). National Institute of Education (Singapore), Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/270
Author
Wong, Ruth
Subjects
Abstract
"The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2001 and Trends in Reading Achievement 1991-2001 (2003) reported that Singaporean pupils on average read better than those in comparable non-English as first language countries; and that English-at home Singaporean pupils, now comprising over 40% of the sampled population, surpassed pupils in advanced post-industrial countries like Canada and New Zealand. In the most general comparative terms, these appear to be strong results. However we have very little systematic sense of which combination of pupil background variables interact with which aspects of formal reading instruction. In fact, some of the questions raised by the PIRLS study concerned the extreme variability of Singaporean performance (with standard deviations twice the international average), and the lack of an empirical research based on what is actually done to teach reading in Singapore classrooms."-- [p. 1].
Date Issued
February 2006
Call Number
LB1028.25.S55 C77 2006/18
Description
Note: Restricted to NIE staff
Project
CRP 18/03 AL
CRP 19/03 AL