Personality and Adjustment of High and Low Anxious Children

Abstract

This study examined the effect of computer simulation training on elementary teacher trainees’ ability to administer an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) to a child and interpret it. After initial in-class instruction for all trainees, the experimental group participated in the simulation and then gave an IRI to a child. The order of these steps was reversed for the control group. Analysis of results showed no significant differences between groups in ability to administer the IRI accurately, but the experimental group scored significantly higher (p > .02) in their ability to diagnose reading skill weaknesses correctly. The experimental group also had a more favorable attitude (p > .03) toward developing lesson plans based on skills weaknesses identified by the IRI.