Development of reading comprehension from middle childhood to adolescence

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafna Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact

The study considers the impact of cognitive development and discourse-based factors on the ability to understand different types of written texts from middle childhood across adolescence. Reading comprehension was examined by responses to four types of questions — literal, inferential, integrative, and metatextual — based on narrative and expository texts assigned to monolingual Hebrew speakers at four age-schooling levels (4th, 7th, 11th graders, and adults). Distributional analyses revealed higher scores on comprehension of narrative compared with expository texts in the two younger groups, with comprehension continuing to improve in both genres up to 11th grade and responses of high-school students close to those of the adult participants. Qualitative evaluations of responses to the different types of questions revealed progression from a superficial grasp of basic information to in-depth interpretation of the text as a whole, with more advanced reading comprehension manifested by the ability to combine an integrative approach to text comprehension with attention to specific details and to process information from diverse points of view.

scholarly journals The Implementation of CSR on EFL Students’ Reading Class in Different Group Sizes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1453
Author(s):  
Ita Moraliawati ◽  
Johannes Ananto Prayogo ◽  
Gunadi Harry Sulistyo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Senior High School Students

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study addresses senior high school students’ reading comprehension on expository texts and its relation with the group sizes assigned to the students. It involves 133 eleventh grade students of SMAN Model Terpadu Bojonegoro. Quantive data were analyzed descriptively. The findings show that CSR affect the students’ reading comprehension significantly. Yet, it fails to reveal the effect of group sizes arrangement on the strategies applied towards the students reading comprehension. Consequently, the use of CSR in reading class can not be related to the group sizes assigned to the students. </p><strong>Abstrak:</strong><em> </em>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap penguasaan pemahaman bacaan siswa SMA dan hubungannya dengan ukuran kelompok yang ditetapkan pada siswa. Penelitian ini melibatkan 133 siswa kelas XI SMAN Model Terpadu Bojonegoro. Data kuantitatif dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan CSR memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan pada pemahaman bacaan siswa. Namun, penelitian ini gagal menunjukkan pengaruh ukuran pengaturan kelompok dalam strategi yang diterapkan terhadap pemahaman bacaan siswa. Karena itu, penggunaan CSR dalam pembelajaran membaca tidak bisa dihubungkan dengan ukuran kelompok yang ditugaskan kepada siswa.

scholarly journals The Impact of Learning Software on Improving Reading Comprehension Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-248
Author(s):  
Rina Azoulay ◽  
◽  
Esther David ◽  
Mireille Avigal ◽  
Dorit Hutzler
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring System ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Gain ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

One of the challenges of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) is adapting the difficulty level of the questions posed to the student to suit the student’s academic level. Our study examines the task of adjusting the system’s level of challenges to the level of the learner and addresses the questions of how best to do so and whether there is any benefit from such adjustment. To answer these questions, we developed reading comprehension courseware that includes three adaptive algorithms for adjusting the level of the questions presented to the students: the random selection algorithm, the Q-learning based algorithm, and the Bayesian inference algorithm. We conduct a real-world experiment in which real high school students used the courseware to improve their reading comprehension skills. In order to compare and evaluate the performance of the algorithms, the courseware used by each student utilized one of the three adaptive algorithm alternatives. Our results demonstrate that when considering all of the students, there was significant improvement (learning gain) using each of the methods.

scholarly journals Iranian EFL Learners’ Reaction to Teacher’s Written Corrective Feedback

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Abdolvahed Zarifi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Written Corrective Feedback ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact

Providing different types of corrective feedback on learners’ writing is a common practice in writing classes. Applied linguists have also invested huge attempt in investigating the impact that coorective feedback might have on developing different language skills among EFL/ESL writers. Despite the breadth of empirical research on the issue, literature has witnessed very few studies addressing the writer thought processes in dealing with the corrective feedback they recieve from their instructors. Therefore, the present qualitative study, which explores the way Iranian EFL learners respond to teacher corrective feedback, is an answer to this research need. The study included a sample of ten female high school students who were purposively selected and investigated for the cognitive process they assumed in responding to teacher written corrective feedback and their preferences for CF in writing tasks. Findings of the study have revealed that EFL learners go through a long and sophisticated thought process, reviewing, evaluating and finally accepting or ‘submiting to’ teacher corrective feedback.  

scholarly journals Cultural Background on Reading Comprehension in Junior High School

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Yang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

Reading ability is the important part of English learning and the close relationship between language and culture determines the significant impact of cultural background knowledge on reading comprehension. The cultivation of students' English cultural awareness and sensitivity of English culture should be paid attention at the beginning. In this paper, the impact of the cultural knowledge on reading comprehension here is emphasized. And how to improve the junior high school students' cultural background is also discussed further.

scholarly journals Examining the Impact of Teaching Strategies and Reading Habits on Students’ Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Husni Mubarok ◽  
Nina Sofiana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the impact of two teaching strategies of cooperative learning; Teams Games Tournaments (TGT) and Student Team Achievement Divisions (STAD) on reading comprehension achievement of Junior High School students with different reading habits. After 34 students in experimental and control class did a pre-test, they were treated by using TGT and STAD. The students were also assigned into two group reading habits; high and low. The experimental group received treatment of TGT whereas the control group was treated by STAD. Then, a post-test was administered, and its results were analyzed through two-way ANOVA. The results revealed that TGT and STAD are effective in improving students’ reading comprehension where F ratio (28.846) ˃ F table (3.99), but on the other side, students’ reading habit, both high and low, cannot affect students' reading comprehension. It was also concluded that there was no interaction effect between teaching strategies and reading habits on students’ reading comprehension.Keywords: teaching strategies, TGT, STAD, reading habit.

scholarly journals When to Scaffold Motivational Self-Regulation Strategies for High School Students' Science Text Comprehension

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tova Michalsky
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Science Literacy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Optimal Timing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Action Stage

Noting the important role of motivation in science students' reading comprehension, this 14-weeks quasi-experiment investigated the optimal timing for implementation of metamotivational scaffolding for self-regulation of scientific text comprehension. The “IMPROVE” metamotivational self-regulatory model (Introducing new concepts, Metamotivation questioning, Practicing, Reviewing and reducing difficulties, Obtaining mastery, Verification, and Enrichment) was embedded at three different phases of secondary students' engagement with scientific texts and exercises (before, during, or after) to examine effects of timing on groups' science literacy and motivational regulation. Israeli 10th graders (N = 202) in eight science classrooms received the same scientific texts and reading comprehension exercises in four groups. Three treatment groups received metamotivational scaffolding before (n = 52), during (n = 50), or after text engagement (n = 54). The control group (n = 46) received standard instructional methods with no metamotivational scaffolding. Pretests and posttests assessed science literacy, domain-specific microbiology knowledge, and metamotivation regulation. Intergroup differences were non-significant at pretest but significant at posttest. The “before” group significantly outperformed all other groups. The “after” group significantly outperformed the “during” group, and the control group scored lowest. Outcomes suggested delivery of metamotivational scaffolding as a potentially important means for promoting students' science literacy and effortful perseverance with challenging science tasks, especially at the reflection-before-action stage for looking ahead and also at the reflection-on-action stage for looking back. More theoretical and practical implications of this preliminary study were discussed to meet the growing challenges in science teaching schoolwork.

scholarly journals Small Group Discussion For The Students’ Reading Comprehension Of The Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Zamila Fitriani Siregar ◽  
Eka Sustri Harida ◽  
Zainuddin Zainuddin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
T Test ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

This studies involved approximately the impact of Small Group Discussion Strategy (SGDS) on the students’ reading comprehension at grade X SMK Swasta Panca Dharma Padangsidimpuan. There had been a few issues determined for the students: 1) they were given problems in comprehending the text, 2) they have problems in deciphering phrases and a few vital components which include predominant idea, normal structure, and particular language features, 3) they had been less practice to the gaining knowledge of process. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the SGDS to the students’ reading comprehension. This study turned into experimental studies with pre-test and post-test design. The population turned into all the 10th grade of SMK S Panca Dharma  Padangsidimpuan., they are 112 students; and taken as sample 2 classes, they are XA as experimental group and XB as control group. To examine the information, the researcher used t-test formula.Based at the calculation of t-test, the researcher determined that t-count = 4.18 and t-table = 1.67591, it means that t-count is higher than t-table (4.18 1.67591). So, the researcher should concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. It can be concluded that SGDS has big impact to student’s reading comprehension at grade X SMK Swasta Panca Dharma  Padangsidimpuan.

Lexical Features of Reading Passages in English-language Textbooks for Vietnamese High-school Students: Do they Foster both Content and Vocabulary Gain?

RELC Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 003368821989504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Duc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
School Students ◽  
Incidental Vocabulary ◽  
Language Textbooks

This study examined whether the reading passages in the new series of English-language textbooks for high-school students in Vietnam fostered reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading by looking at four factors: the number of unfamiliar words in the texts, the importance of these words for text comprehension, the usefulness of contextual clues for interpreting the meanings of these words, and the frequency of these words within and across the texts. Results showed that most of the reading passages were overloaded with novel words and few of these words were important for text comprehension. Rarely did these words reoccur in the texts and the chance for successful lexical inferencing was extremely slim due to the paucity of useful contextual clues. These findings provide useful implications for both second language (L2) instructors and textbook writers inside and outside of this context.

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