Behavior Checklist for Preschool Children with Reading Dogs
Abstract
The present research looks at how dogs can improve focus and attention during book readings at a preschool to different age groups of students who are learning to read and write. An Achenbach-style behavior checklist will be created and tested for adequate psychometric properties. The distribution of the checklist to different researcher-participants will serve as a method study of inter-rater reliability and intra-rater reliability. The main purpose of this study will be to create a Behavior Checklist for Preschool Children with Reading Dogs with high reliability and validity. Additionally, the developmental differences between the different age groups of preschool students will be accounted for through the Checklist scores. The Checklist will be used in future studies to test hypotheses about the impact of reading dogs and other educational systems in improving preschool pre-reading and prewriting skills. Pre-reading and prewriting skills are important for kindergarten readiness, especially in children living in food and home insecurity.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Sarah Ransdell, Dr. Jia Borror
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Shermany Library
Start Date
4-5-2019 1:00 PM
End Date
4-5-2019 5:00 PM
Behavior Checklist for Preschool Children with Reading Dogs
Alvin Shermany Library
The present research looks at how dogs can improve focus and attention during book readings at a preschool to different age groups of students who are learning to read and write. An Achenbach-style behavior checklist will be created and tested for adequate psychometric properties. The distribution of the checklist to different researcher-participants will serve as a method study of inter-rater reliability and intra-rater reliability. The main purpose of this study will be to create a Behavior Checklist for Preschool Children with Reading Dogs with high reliability and validity. Additionally, the developmental differences between the different age groups of preschool students will be accounted for through the Checklist scores. The Checklist will be used in future studies to test hypotheses about the impact of reading dogs and other educational systems in improving preschool pre-reading and prewriting skills. Pre-reading and prewriting skills are important for kindergarten readiness, especially in children living in food and home insecurity.
