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Reading failure is not caused by where the student lives or whether the child grows up in a 2-parent household or in a single-parent home. Race and nationality are also not a factor. Reading failure is caused by the teaching methods used in the classroom. These teaching methods are often mandated by school administration or state policy. Reading improvement is determined by individual learning differences, and each child improves at an individual pace. Every child can learn to read. The group-centered approach used with the Reading Orienteering Club proved to be successful. Children who had failed for multiple years could now read.
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Special appreciation to Keri Weed, Ph.D. and Elaine Clanton Harpine, Ph.D., University of South Carolina Aiken, for allowing their students to work on the project.
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A special thank you to St. John’s United Methodist Church in Aiken for providing community volunteers and financial sponsorship while allowing us to use classroom space for this project.
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Portions of this research were presented at the 123rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at Washington, D.C. August 8, 2014.
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Portions of this research were presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at Toronto, Ontario. August 7, 2015.
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Anna Thompson graduated with a B. A. in Psychology from the University of South Carolina Aiken and an M.A. in Global Youth Development from the University of Montana. She is now a student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore working on a Master’s in Social Work.
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Keri Weed earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Notre Dame. She is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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Thompson, A., Weed, K. (2019). Do Inner City and Rural Students Mix in a Reading Program? What Are the Challenges? The 2013–2015 Group Report. In: Clanton Harpine, E. (eds) After-School Programming and Intrinsic Motivation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22845-3_8
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