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Increasing the Reading Achievement of Struggling 2nd Grade Students With Failure Free Reading Introduction Reading is an essential skill It is a prime building block of learning It is a prerequisite of other bodies of knowledge It is a great factor in determining future learning capabilities It is a primary research concern in education that young students gain mastery in reading Considerable researches have been conducted on increasing reading achievement of students Increasing Reading Achievement Reading achievements depend on two core skills Vocabulary Comprehension Reading achievement can be

measured by standardized tests A supportive learning environment is essential to promote reading achievement Failure Free Reading Students are assisted in developing reading skills but are not graded Failure is not part of the program Students progress at their own pace Students do not have to fear evaluation since there is Students are theorized to progress more effectively without anxiety on grades Objective To determine the effects of the implementation of a failure free reading program on struggling grade two students ' reading achievement and perception of learning Research Questions What are the sample 's emotions towards reading What are the opinions of the sample towards Failure Free Reading What are the effects of Failure Free Reading to the reading achievement of the sample

Hypothesis There is a significant relationship between the academic grades and reading achievement of the students There is a significant difference between the reading achievement of the sample before and after implementation of Failure Free Reading The sample has dominantly positive opinions on Failure Free Reading as an effective intervention for improving reading achievement Methodology Mixed Quantitative Comparison of pretests and post tests Statistical analysis Pearson Correlation Test Paired T-tests Qualitative Open Interviews before , during and after the intervention Subjective assessment Sampling Method Selected from all Grade 2 students in all sections of chosen school Captive Criterion sampling based on Previous academic performance Teacher 's Comments Parents ' Comments Consent from sample students and their parents will be sought Data Analysis : Quantitative SPSS will be used to treat collected data Relationship between academic grades and reading achievement will be determined using a Pearson 's r correlation test A paired t-test will compare the results of separate vocabulary and comprehension pre-tests taken by the sample before the Failure Free Reading intervention and post-tests taken after the intervention Data Analysis : Qualitative Interviews with each participant will be audio-recorded and transcribed afterwards Notes regarding each participant 's miscellaneous actions such as hand gestures , and facial expressions shall be noted during interviews Assessments derived from implicit and explicit messages received from each participant will be summarized individually References Achenbach , T . M Edelbrock , C . S (2001 . Behavioral problems and competencies reported by parents of normal and disturbed children aged four through sixteen . Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development , 461 , Serial No . 188 of Educational Psychology , 77 , 349-361 Adams , M (1990 . Beginning to read : Thinking learning about print . Cambridge , MA : MIT Press Cunningham , A (1990 ) Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness . Journal of...