Word recognition levels of first grade students - An application of word recognition inventory - Issue 3 - September 2019

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Students are expected to recognize vocabulary in a text so reading becomes meaningful. This study evaluates word recognition using an inventory designed for determining first graders’ word recognition levels. A process-based design and development approach was followed, using Type 1 development research. The study involves 85 first graders and applies WRI-1 and WRI-2, with ANOVA and t-tests for normal distributions and nonparametric tests for non-normal data, showing effectiveness in measuring first-grade word recognition.

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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 14, Issue 3 September 2019 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) Word recognition levels of first grade students: An application of word recognition inventory Aysegul Avsar Tuncay & Hakan Dedeoglu To cite this article Tuncay, A.A. & Dedeoglu, H. (2019). Word recognition levels of first grade students: An application of word recognition inventory. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14(3), 237-267. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2019.208.11 | Published Online | September 29, 2019 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 6 single - 15 cumulative | | Article Download | 41 single - 45 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.11](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.11) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.105.162](96.253.105.162) [2 times] Chesterfield / United States on Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:48:21 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) Word Recognition Levels of First Grade Students: An Application of Word Recognition Inventory 1 Ayşegül Avşar TUNCAY2 Mersin University Hakan DEDEOĞLU3 Hacettepe University Abstract Students are expected to recognize the vocabulary items appearing in a text in order for reading to be meaningful. The evaluation of word recognition is commonly considered in educational applications in order for reading to be meaningful for students and to identify and correct mistakes. This study aims to exhibit the effectiveness of the inventory whose stages of preparation and implementation were process-based and which was developed for word recognition on determining the first graders’word recognition levels. For this purpose, the Type 1 development research type of design and development research model was used to develop an instrument for students’word recognition levels and thus to demonstrate its applicability. The study group was composed of 85 first graders who had been chosen in convenience sampling method. Student Information Form, Word Recognition Inventory-1 (WRI-1) and Word Recognition Inventory-2 (WRI-2) were used as the tools of data collection. Variance analysis (ANOVA) and independent groups t-test were used in comparing the students for WRI-1 inventory which met the conditions for normal distribution whereas Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U-test were used in comparing the students for WRI-2 inventory which did not meet the conditions for normal distribution. Consequently, it was found that the inventories, whose stages of preparation and implementation were process-based and which were developed to determine students’ word recognition levels, were effective in determining the primary school first graders’ word recognition levels. Key Words: word recognition, evaluating word recognition, word recognition levels, word recognition inventory, primary school first grade DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2019.208.11 1 This article is extracted from first author’s doctorate dissertation entitled “A design and development study of an inventory for first grade primary school students’ word recognition”. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey, 2017) . 2 Assistant Professor, Mersin University, School of Education, Mersin, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0002-0520-1747 Correspondence: [aysegulaat@mersin.edu.tr](aysegulaat@me

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What is the main purpose of the word recognition inventory in this study?

The study aims to determine first graders’ word recognition levels using an inventory developed through process-based preparation and implementation.

Which tools were used to collect data?

Student Information Form, Word Recognition Inventory-1 (WRI-1), and Word Recognition Inventory-2 (WRI-2) were used to collect data.

How were students compared across inventories and data distributions?

For WRI-1, ANOVA and independent groups t-test were used when data met normality assumptions. For WRI-2, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U-test were used when data did not meet normality assumptions.

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