부산대학교 도서관

The article cites a study finding why commercial materials are used for teaching reading in the U.S. Researchers have four hypotheses about why teachers may rely on these materials: some teachers may not be very deeply involved with their reading instruction and may be content to use commercial materials; teachers may believe these materials really can teach students to read; they may believe that the procedures and components of the commercial materials are based on scientific investigations of reading instruction; and they may think their school administration requires them to use the materials. Classroom teachers agreed more strongly than administrators or reading teachers that teachers were meeting administrators' expectations when they used commercial materials. While most administrators emphasized scientific validity of the materials on the forced -choice questions, their response to the open-ended question on why teachers relied on commercial materials was the materials' instructional powers. Administrators' and classroom teachers' favorite hypotheses appear to complement one another. But their opinions are based on a false sense of what transpires within the reading program. After several meetings concerning reading instruction in a particular school, a representative from each building could attend a district meeting to establish common ground for a district reading program.