Gramotnost, pregramotnost a vzdělávání

This study is focused on the description of lower reading skills (decoding skills) in pupils taught by the Sfumato reading method; and the comparison of performance in reading skills test between pupils of three reading methods (Sfumato, Analytical-synthetic and Genetic). A total of 45 3rd grade elementary school pupils taught by the Sfumato reading method were involved in the study. Pupils were administered the lower reading skills subtests of the PorTex diagnostic battery. The obtained data are subsequently compared with the performances of the students taught analytical-synthetic (N=152) and genetic (N=61) methods by analysis of variance (ANOVA), supplemented by a post-hoc test (Games-Howell). In the area of decoding skills, several statistics signifi cant differences between reading methods were found. These differences realte to reading speed and fl uency. The present article describes one of the fi rst studies that focuses on the developmental dynamics of the acquisition of reading skills in the Sfumato reading method. The research results can be useful not only for the fi eld of elementary pedagogy, but also for psychological and special pedagogical counseling. The work brings new ideas for the expansion of testing across other grades and the subsequent processing of the specifics of the given method into reading standards.