Performance and Beliefs: Two Assessments of Literacy Learners in Prison, Part I

Autor/in	Muth, Bill
Titel	Performance and Beliefs: Two Assessments of Literacy Learners in Prison, Part I
Quelle	In: Journal of Correctional Education, 68 (2017) 1, S.71-96 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0740-2708
Schlagwörter	Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Education; Correctional Institutions; Literacy Education; Beliefs; Reading Habits; Individual Characteristics; Reading Skills; Attitude Measures; Adults; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Reading Instruction; Adult Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fürsorgeerziehung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Belief; Glaube; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Leseunterricht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	This study examines an assessment strategy used with incarcerated literacy learners. The strategy employed a traditional set of reading tests as well as open-ended interviews. Two stances--increasingly reconciled in the reading community--framed this assessment: (a) a post-positivist stance that promotes a normed, component-level assessment of reading; and (b) a social-constructivist one that attends to incarcerated learners' beliefs that anchor instruction. This framework respected the value commitments of each worldview. The study reports two sets of findings--about learners' reading patterns and beliefs--and then discusses two methods, pragmatic and dialectical, used to juxtapose and relate the findings across paradigms. Though time consuming, the study found this approach provided a way to (a) transcend normative-personal dualisms, (b) provide a check on over reliance of pet theories, and (c) cultivate a critical stance toward prison education. Due to length, the study is reported in two parts. Part I, presented here, includes the quantitative findings. [For Part II, "Performance and Beliefs: Two Assessments of Literacy Learners in Prison, Part II," see EJ1185222.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01