Action Research on the Impact of Using Shared Reading to Increase Students’ Knowledge about Concepts of Print in a Kindergarten Classroom

Abstract

This study examines the impact of shared reading lessons focusing on kindergarten students’ knowledge about Concepts of Print (i.e. holding a book properly, showing the front cover, pointing to the title, showing the beginning and ending of a story, reading from left to right and top to bottom, matching word to voice print, understanding reading terminology such as word and letter, and understanding simple punctuation marks).