Summary Writing: A Tool to Improve Student Comprehension and Writing in Psychology

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. Radmacher ◽  
Elizabeth Latosi-Sawin
Keyword(s):  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Summary Writing ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Student Comprehension ◽  
Writing Students ◽  
Curriculum Director ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
The Mean

A psychology instructor and a Writing Across the Curriculum director used summary writing to improve text comprehension and develop student writing skills. The mean score on the final exam for the class with summary writing was 8% higher than the mean score of the class without summary writing. Students evaluated these activities as effective tools to (a) learn the content of the course; (b) develop more effective strategies for reading text; and (c) make their own writing clearer, more concise, and more accurate.

The Effect of Vocabulary Intervention on Text Comprehension: Who Benefits?

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawna Duff
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Vocabulary Instruction ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Vocabulary Intervention ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference

Purpose Vocabulary intervention can improve comprehension of texts containing taught words, but it is unclear if all middle school readers get this benefit. This study tests 2 hypotheses about variables that predict response to vocabulary treatment on text comprehension: gains in vocabulary knowledge due to treatment and pretreatment reading comprehension scores. Method Students in Grade 6 ( N = 23) completed a 5-session intervention based on robust vocabulary instruction (RVI). Knowledge of the semantics of taught words was measured pre- and posttreatment. Participants then read 2 matched texts, 1 containing taught words (treated) and 1 not (untreated). Treated texts and taught word lists were counterbalanced across participants. The difference between text comprehension scores in treated and untreated conditions was taken as a measure of the effect of RVI on text comprehension. Results RVI resulted in significant gains in knowledge of taught words ( d RM = 2.26) and text comprehension ( d RM = 0.31). The extent of gains in vocabulary knowledge after vocabulary treatment did not predict the effect of RVI on comprehension of texts. However, untreated reading comprehension scores moderated the effect of the vocabulary treatment on text comprehension: Lower reading comprehension was associated with greater gains in text comprehension. Readers with comprehension scores below the mean experienced large gains in comprehension, but those with average/above average reading comprehension scores did not. Conclusion Vocabulary instruction had a larger effect on text comprehension for readers in Grade 6 who had lower untreated reading comprehension scores. In contrast, the amount that children learned about taught vocabulary did not predict the effect of vocabulary instruction on text comprehension. This has implications for the identification of 6th-grade students who would benefit from classroom instruction or clinical intervention targeting vocabulary knowledge.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Students’ Performance in Integrated Exercises and Their Academic Achievements in English Course for Non-English Department

E-Structural ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Qorinta Shinta
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Writing Scores ◽  
Writing Exercises

Abstract. The English Course in Public Health Faculty of Diponegoro University is expected to develop the reading skills of the students through various exercises. However, its main goal is to help students identify simple, complex and compound sentences and how to organize them into good paragraphs. As in the Faculty of Public Health, the English Course is only given once in the first Semester, the exercises in each of the lesson is very compact which consists of Reading Text, Comprehension Questions, Word Study, Grammar and Usage, and Writing, in short these are called integrated exercised. Some students did very well on the exercises while others did not. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the students’ performance in integrated exercises and their academic achievements of Diponegoro University Students majoring in Public Health who took English Course. The academic achievements in this study refer to their Mid-Term test Scores. Method of the Study: in the study of Diponegoro University Freshmen majoring in Public Health, a descriptive qualitative method was used to determine whether or not there is a correlation between reading and writing exercises and their academic achievements. The instruments used are the scores of 3 taken from exercises in unit 1, 2 and 3 and 1 Mid-Term test. The population of this research is 73 Public Health students of Diponegoro University taking English 1 Course. The data analysis result shows that Sig score is 0,000 < 0,05 therefore Ho is declined and Ha is accepted, which means there is a correlation between reading and writing practices scores and mid test scores 0.403 which is positive. Therefore, it can be concluded that the higher their writing scores are, the higher mid test scores will be.Key words: correlation, English course, integrated exercises, mid-term testAbstrak.  Mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris di Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat diharapkan mampu mengembangkan ketrampilan membaca mahasiswa memalui berbagai Latihan soal-soal. Namun, tujuan utama dari mata kuliah ini adalah membantu para mahasiswa menindentifikasi kalimat – kalimat sederhana, kompleks dan majemuk serta bagaimana membentuk kalimat – kalimat tersebut dalam bentuk paragraph. Karena mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris hanya disajikan satu kali, maka latihan-latihan soal pada setiap unit dibuat sangat padat yang terdiri dari Teks Bacaan, Pertanyaan tentang bacaan, Kosakata, Grammar dan fungsinya, serta Latihan writing. Ada mahasiswa yang bisa mengerjakan Latihan soal dengan sangat baik tetapi ada juga yang kesulitan. Tujuan dari peneltian ini adalah untuk melihat korelasi antara Nilai dari Latihan soal reading dan writing serta prestasi akademik dari Mahasiwa baru Universitas Diponegoro jurusan Kesehatan Masyarakat. Prestasi akademik dalam hal ini adalah nilai Mid-term test mereka. Dalam penelitian pada mahasiswa baru Universitas Diponegoro jurusan Kesehatan Masyarakat, digunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk menetukan apakah ada atau tidak ada korelasi antara Latihan soal reading dan writing dengan prestasi akademik mereka. Instrumen yang digunakan pada penelitian ini  adalah 3 nilai yang diambil dari 3 latihan soal Unit 1, 2 dan 3. Jumlah populasi adalah 73 Mahasiswa Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Diponegoro yang mengambil mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris 1. Hasil dari data analisis menunjukkan bahwa nilai Sig  0,000 < 0,05  sehingga Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima, yang berarti ada korelasi antara nilai Latihan writing dengan nilai ujian tengah semester 0.403 positif. Sehingga bisa disimpulkan bahwa semakin tinggi nilai mereka pada Latihan writing akan semakin tinggi juga nilai mereka dalam Ujian Tengah Semester.Kata kunci: korelasi, mata kuliah bahasa Inggris, nilai latihan soal terpadu, nilai Ujian Tengah Semester

Exploring Innovation in Second Language Writing Teaching

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Trinh Ngoc Thanh
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
L2 Writing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

A general aim of the present study is to address the issue of what constitutes the concept of innovation from teacher cognition in the context of second language (L2) writing. This study presents a qualitative exploration into the innovative teaching practices of six Vietnamese EFL teachers coming from three emphases of L2 writing teaching instruction: L2 writing teaching with an emphasis on (1) language skills development, (2) reading text comprehension, and (3) focused textual features. Employing constant comparative analysis into finding interpretations, this study sets the focus on exploring the teaching background of the participants and the dimension of how teacher self-efficacy has an influence on teacher implementation of innovative L2 writing teaching practices. Findings from the study suggest patterns of teacher concerns and teacher thinking of in their L2 writing teaching practices. Further implications are discussed in line with future research and teaching development.

scholarly journals Aplicación de un calendario de pruebas de evaluación continua en la asignatura “Obstetricia” en sexto de Medicina

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Carlos Santiago Piñel Pérez ◽  
María José Gómez-Roso Jareño ◽  
Juan José López Galián
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Assessment Tests ◽  
Negative Score ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Los Grupos ◽  
De Medicina

Introducción. Con el objetivo de promover y motivar al aprendizaje continuo durante el curso de la asignatura de Obstetricia (6º Medicina), se diseñó un calendario de “Pruebas de Evaluación Continua” (PEC). Este aprendizaje progresivo permite interiorizar conceptos, mejor seguimiento de las clases sucesivas y facilita el estudio, mejorando el rendimiento final. Métodos. Se diseñaron 4 PEC voluntarias, una por bloque del temario, con 10 preguntas tipo test sin puntuación negativa por error, para estimular al alumnado a pensar en cada una de las cuestiones y tomar decisiones. Las PEC se realizaron en los últimos 10 minutos de la última clase de cada bloque. Medicina tiene cinco grupos, uno por hospital docente. Esta iniciativa se realizó sólo en uno de los grupos (grupo A). Resultados. Se presentaron a las PEC el 90,9% de los alumnos matriculados. En la primera PEC la calificación media fue 68% (máximo 90%; mínimo 50%; moda 70%), en la segunda 88% (máximo 100%; mínimo 60%; moda 90%), en la tercera 95% (máximo 100%; mínimo 80%; moda 100%) y en la cuarta 99% (máximo 100%; mínimo 90%, moda 100%). La calificación media en el examen final de la asignatura (común a los 5 grupos) del grupo A fue de 7,300 (sobre 10), superior a la de los grupos B (6,886), C (6,592), D (6,572) y E (6,463). Conclusiones. Se objetivó un aumento del rendimiento progresivo grupal e individual. Los resultados de la primera PEC fueron más dispersos, y posteriormente se fueron homogeneizando. El grupo en el que se realizaron las PEC obtuvo mejor resultado en el examen final que los otros grupos. Abstract: Introduction. We designed a “Continuous Assessment Tests” (CAT) for promoting and motivating continuous learning during the course of the subject “Obstetrics” (6th year of Medicine). This progressive learning enables concepts to be internalized, better monitoring of successive classes and facilitates study, improving results. Methods. Four voluntary CAT were designed, one per block of the subject, with 10 multiple choice questions without negative score by mistake to stimulate students to think about each of the questions and make decisions. The CAT were performed in the last 10 minutes of the last class of each block. Medicine has five groups, one per teaching hospital. This initiative was carried out in only one of the groups (group A). Results. 90.9% of the enrolled students attended the CAT. In the first CAT the mean score was 68% (maximum 90%; minimum 50%; mode 70%), in the second 88% (maximum 100%; minimum 60%; mode 90%), in the third 95% (maximum 100%; minimum 80%; mode 100%) and in the fourth 99% (maximum 100%; minimum 90%, mode 100%). The mean score in the final exam of the subject (common to the 5 groups) of group A was 7,300 (out of 10), higher than that of groups B (6,886), C (6,592), D (6,572) and E (6,463). Conclusions. An increase in group and individual progressive yield was observed. The results of the first CAT were more dispersed, and later they were homogenized. The group in which the CAT were performed got better yield in the final exam than the other groups.

scholarly journals The Effect of Blended Learning on Nursing Students’ Knowledge

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ni Gusti Ayu Eka ◽  
Grace Solely Houghty ◽  
Juniarta Juniarta
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
The Mean

Introduction: Blended learning is assumed to improve the students’ understanding of learning at nursing school especially in the current industrial revolution 4.0 era.  The combination of classroom and online activities is expected to provide better study outcomes.  This research aimed to compare the knowledge scores of the nursing students in blended learning concerning a research and statistics course at a private faculty of nursing.Methods: The knowledge scores resulted from the student’s score in their mid and final examinations (0-100). A total of 474 respondents who were third year students involved in the study.  This study applied a pre-experimental design. Due to the data having a significant non-normal value (p value < 0.001), this study further compared the mean-rank of the students’ score using a Wilcoxon test analysis.Results: The results of this study revealed that there was a significant difference (p value < 0.0001) between the students’ score in the mid (Median 72.5; SD 9.82) and final exam examinations (Median 86.66; SD 4.75). This means that the students had a better score in their final exam.Conclusion: Applying a blended learning method was a positive experience for the nursing students in terms of knowledge. It is needed to explore the students’ understanding and interest in their learning process using blended learning.

scholarly journals Temporal analysis of academic performance in higher education before, during and after COVID-19 confinement using artificial intelligence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Subirats ◽  
Aina Palacios Corral ◽  
Sofia Perez-Ruiz ◽  
Santi Fort ◽  
Gomez Monivas Sacha
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Continuous Basis ◽  
The Mean

This study provides the profiles of students and a regression prediction of marks considering data before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a field experiment of 396 students and more than 7400 instances, we have studied the differences in performance considering the temporal distribution of autonomous learning during courses from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021. After applying unsupervised learning, results show 3 profiles of students: continuous students, last-minute students, intense and last-minute students. We have found that the highest success ratio is related to students that work in a continuous basis. However, last minute working is not necessary linked to failure. After applying regression, results show that the mark of the students can be predicted successfully and that the most relevant values are the mean mark in self-evaluation obtained the month before the final exam, the mean mark two months before, the number of attempts two months before and the number of attempts the month before. Results are a little worse but still acceptable if the prediction wants to be made a month before the final exam. This regression is useful to prevent students' wrong learning strategies, and (more effective) to detect malpractices such as copying. We have done all these analysis taking into account the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, including also a discussion about which factors will be extended in time and which ones are transitory and only due to the confinement.

scholarly journals KORELASI KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN DENGAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS TEKS BERITA SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 9 PADANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Akbar Maulana Ghazali ◽  
Ermawati Arief
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
School Year ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
News Writing ◽  
Text Writing

ABSTRACT The purpose of the research is to describe the reading skills of students' news text comprehension, Second, to describe the skills of writing news texts of students, third, to describe the correlation of reading comprehension of news texts with news writing skills of students of class VIII at SMP Negeri 9 Padang. The population of this research is VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Padang in the 2019/2020 school year, which is 245 students. The sample in this study was determined by proportional random sampling 25% of 49 students. The research data scores the results of reading text comprehension test scores and the scores of news text writing skills scores. The research instrument is an objective test for reading text comprehension skills and performance tests for news text writing skills. Research Results First, the reading skills of understanding the news text of good qualifying students (B). Second, the skills of writing news texts of good qualifying students (B). Third, there is a correlation between reading comprehension and news writing skills with news writing skills of VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Padang with degrees of freedom n-1 at 95% confidence level. T value (5.55) is greater than t table (1.68), i.e. titung> ttabel (5.55> 1.68) thus H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted because the test results prove that tcount is greater than t table. It can be concluded that reading text comprehension skills are correlated with news text writing skills. Kata Kunci: Korelasi, Membaca Pemahaman, Teks Berita 

scholarly journals Applying Skimming Strategy in Teaching Reading Descriptive Text

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Vemby Ari Sandi
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
T Test ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Numeric Information

Reading is an important activity to enrich knowledge. However, it is considered as a difficult skill to learn. There are many students facing difficulties in comprehending the content of the reading text, including descriptive text. A strategy which can solve such problems is needed. Skimming strategy is the strategy which enable students to quickly find the main idea and relevant information of the text. Based on those reasons, the research questions are proposed as follows: (1) How can skimming strategy be implemented in teaching reading descriptive texts? and (2) How can the second year students’ reading comprehension ability be improved using skimming strategy? This study used two research methods. Those were qualitative and quantitative research design. They were collected to prove the implementation and the significant improvement by using skimming strategy. Both numeric information and the real observation were evaluated to gain clear and strong data. The researcher acted as the observer to see the process of teaching and learning descriptive texts in three stages. The results of the research showed that the teacher and students implemented four steps of skimming strategy, which are: (1) read the first several paragraph; (2) leave out material; (3) find the main ideas; (4) read fast. The t-test of this research was also calculated to see whether there was a significant difference between control and experimental class and the mean was also measured to see the students’ improvement score. The mean score of experimental class was better than the mean score of control class. However, the t-test result showed that there was no significant difference between experimental and control class.

scholarly journals Assessment of Students’ Higher-level Text Comprehension Skills in Basic School

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Triinu Kärbla ◽  
Krista Uibu
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Basic School ◽  
Better Than

Text comprehension is a sophisticated process that is influenced by the reader’s cognitive skills, prior knowledge and the type of texts. The aim of the present longitudinal study was to assess the students’ ability to analyse and evaluate the narrative text in Grades 4 and 5. A total of 831 Estonian students were tested in two consecutive years. The results indicated that fewer than half of the students succeeded in analysing and evaluating the contents of the text, while the students’ text comprehension skills in Grade 5 were significantly better than in Grade 4. Students had more difficulties answering the questions that examined their skill of evaluating the text, compared to their ability to analyse the text. This led to the conclusion that teachers should pay more attention to the students’ higher-level cognitive processes and support their text comprehension skills. Keywords: Analysis and evaluation skills; Basic school; Reading; Text comprehension 

Short-term training on working memory updating and metacognition in primary school: The effect on reading comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 641-657
Author(s):  
Caterina Artuso ◽  
Barbara Carretti ◽  
Paola Palladino
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Text Processing ◽  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Memory Updating ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Text Structures ◽  
Working Memory Updating

This study analyzed the potential transfer effects on reading comprehension skills of two different training programs administered to 9- to 10-year-old children attending fourth grade classes. One training program was based on a working memory updating paradigm (i.e., words, digits, sentence and text updating working memory tasks). The other program was based on metacomprehension activities focused on text structures, genres, text sensitivity, and text comprehension strategies. Performance was compared pre and post training on running memory, text updating, and reading comprehension tasks. The results showed that significant gains were obtained in both text updating and reading comprehension tasks, with a far transfer effect for both types of training. Limited nearest transfer effects suggest that gains could be due to acquisition of effective strategies in both programs, with training suitable for improving written text processing; however, performance did not differ between programs.

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