Investigating the longitudinal and concurrent relationships between polysemous word knowledge and reading comprehension among Spanish-English bilingual middle school students

Author(s):  
J. Kenneth Logan ◽  
Michael J. Kieffer
2020 ◽  
pp. 073194872095864
Author(s):  
Kristie L. Calvin ◽  
Shelley Gray

The purpose of this single case design study was to examine the efficacy of using double-bubble Thinking Maps to improve the reading comprehension of middle school Spanish-English bilingual middle school students with learning disabilities. Participants included three female Spanish-English bilingual middle school students with learning disabilities. In this multiple baseline across participants single case design study, we taught students to create a double-bubble map, a type of compare and contrast graphic organizer, for 12 expository compare and contrast text passages over 12 forty-five minute sessions. We assessed performance on creating the double-bubble map and on reading comprehension measures across baseline, intervention, and maintenance phases. Each participant learned to create an accurate double-bubble map for compare and contrast expository texts within two sessions. Reading comprehension scores began to increase within two intervention sessions for each participant. Results showed the positive effect of using the double-bubble Thinking Map to improve reading comprehension of compare and contrast texts. Individual (.895–.967) and overall TAU-U effect sizes (.94) showed the intervention to be highly effective. Based on the effect sizes, the double-bubble Thinking Map was effective for improving the reading comprehension of middle school Spanish-English bilingual students with learning disabilities.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (26) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Abdullah Mohammed Alsubaie

Identifying an effective instructional strategy, such as this of multiple intelligence based differentiated instruction to teach metacognitive reading comprehension is a goal for educators. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of multiple intelligence based differentiated instruction on metacognitive reading comprehension in Arabic language among middle school students in Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 61 third year- middle school students , from Ibn Sina Middle school for boys , in Al-Kharj Governorate , Saudi Arabia. They were from two classrooms. They aged 14-15 years old ( M= 14.9 years , SD= 0.621) . For the purpose of this study and for analyzing the data from the pre- and post-test, the author used two way ANOVA analysis and t-test. Two way. ANOVA analysis and t-test results indicated the effectiveness of multiple intelligence based differentiated instruction on metacognitive reading comprehension in Arabic language among middle school students in Saudi Arabia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Servet Üztemur ◽  
Erkan Dinç

<p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>The purpose of this research is to explore the epistemological beliefs of middle school students by means of draw-write-tell technique which is formed from three phases. Designed as a qualitative phenomenological research, this study employs 96 students (51 female, 45 male) selected by convenience sampling technique. The participants were attending various grade levels of a state secondary school in Yunusemre district of Manisa province in 2017-2018 academic year. In the first stage of the research, students were asked to pencil draw five things reminding or representing them the word “knowledge”. In the second stage, each student was asked to select one drawing amongst five, which best meets the concept of “knowledge” according to her/his personal opinion and which is identified with “knowledge” the most and write down why she/he chose this one. In the third stage, a total of 12 different focus group interviews were conducted with 53 volunteering students amongst the ones having participated in the earlier research stages. The data obtained from the first stage was thematically analyzed, while the remaining data was analyzed phenomenologically. Research findings show that most of the students see the authorities and the objects out there as sources of knowledge. In the processes of knowledge acquisition, they also perceive themselves as passive recipients of any given knowledge. It is observed that it is possible to measure the epistemological beliefs of the students for the source of knowledge through the drawings and the accuracy and justification of knowledge through the written materials and focus group interviews. Research results show that draw-write-tell technique is a new approach useful and practical in measuring the epistemological beliefs of middle school students.</p><p><strong>Öz</strong></p><p>Bu araştırmanın amacı ortaokul öğrencilerinin epistemolojik inançlarını üç aşamadan oluşan çiz-yaz-anlat tekniğiyle keşfetmektir. Nitel araştırma temelinde fenomenoloji modeline göre desenlenen araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2017-2018 öğretim yılında Manisa ili Yunusemre ilçesindeki bir devlet ortaokulunun kolay ulaşılabilir durum örneklemesi yöntemiyle her sınıf seviyesinden seçilmiş 96 öğrenci (51 kız, 45 erkek) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın birinci aşamasında öğrencilere bilgi deyince akıllarına gelen beş farklı çizim (karakalem) yapmaları istenmiştir. İkinci aşamada öğrencilere bu beş çizim içerisinden kişisel görüşlerine göre bilgi kavramını en çok karşılayan ve bilgi ile en çok özdeşleşen bir tanesini seçip bu çizimi niçin seçtiklerini yazmaları istenmiştir. Üçüncü aşamada katılımcılar içerisinden gönüllülük esasına göre belirlenen 53 öğrenciyle toplam 12 odak grup görüşmesi yapılarak öğrencilerin yazdıkları metinleri daha ayrıntılı bir şekilde ifade etmeleri sağlanmıştır. Birinci aşamadan elde edilen veriler içerik olarak; ikinci ve üçüncü aşamada elde edilen veriler ise fenomenolojik olarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları; öğrencilerin büyük bir kısmının uzmanlar ve dış dünyadaki nesneleri bilginin kaynağı olarak gördüklerini ve bilgi edinme sürecinde kendilerini birer pasif bilgi alıcısı olarak algıladıklarını göstermiştir. Çizimler aracılığıyla öğrencilerin bilginin kaynağına yönelik; yazılı metinler ve odak grup görüşmeleriyle de bilginin kesinliği ve doğrulanması boyutuna yönelik epistemolojik inançlarının tespit edilebildiği görülmüştür. Araştırma sonuçları; yeni bir yaklaşım olan çiz-yaz-anlat tekniğinin ortaokul öğrencilerinin epistemolojik inançlarının ölçülmesinde faydalı ve kullanışlı olduğunu göstermiştir.</p>


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