scholarly journals The Effects of Mind Mapping (MP) and Pre-Questioning (PQ) on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-177
Author(s):  
M Maslakhatin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Inferential Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Literal Comprehension

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of mind mapping and pre-questioning on the students’ reading comprehension and on  the students’ reading comprehension levels: literal comprehension, inferential comprehension, evaluation, and appreciation. This study was a quasi-experimental design, which involved 52 senior high school students of the eleventh grade in Surabaya. Mind mapping was used for the experimental group and pre-questioning was for the control group. The instrument was 25 item reading comprehension test incorporating the four reading comprehension levels based on Barrett taxonomy.  Independent Sample t-test and Manova test were used to analyze the data, which results revealed that there was no significant difference between the students who received mind mapping and those who received pre-questioning in their overall reading comprehension and in their literal comprehension, evaluation, and appreciation level. However, there was a significant difference between the students who received mind mapping and those who received pre-questioning in their inferential comprehension. Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v2i2.3090

scholarly journals Stimulating Students’ Argumentation using Drawing – based Modeling on The Concept of Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
E N Sumarni ◽  
A Widodo ◽  
R Solihat
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Level 2

<p class="Abstract">Drawing – based modeling as learning approach, it allows students to create models based on drawing which help them to run a simulation. Students can use drawing–based modeling to learn a pair of interacting population known as predato–prey system while they usually conducted practicum using diagram of organisms. This study was to explore students’ argumentation and students’ understanding on the concept of the ecosystem. The study was conducted quasi – experimental using the matching – only post-test – only control group design. The participants consist of 60 grade 10 senior high school students in Subang, West Java. They are placed into two groups, 30 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group. Data was collected through argumentation test and selected response test for assessing students’ understanding. Students’ argumentation were analyzed using Toulmin’s argumentation pattern and statistical analysis. The result showed there is no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group for students’ argumentation. Most of the students are predominantly at level 2. But the coherency of arguments of the experimental group is more coherent than the control group. It means that the students in experimental group can make logical claim and supported by the correct and relevant grounds (data, warrant, and backing). The result of students’ understanding showed there is a significant mean score between the experimental group and the control group whether 72.33 for the experimental group and 62.13 for the control group</p>

scholarly journals The Impact of Podcasts on EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tryanti R. Abdulrahman ◽  
Nonny Basalama ◽  
Moh. Rizky Widodo
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This research has objective to investigate students’ listening comprehension through the use of podcast in EFL classroom. 60 high school students in Indonesia were taken as sample for this research with distribution of 30 students in experiment class and 30 students in control class. The samples were taken by using cluster random sampling. Quasi-experimental method with the post-test only control group design was applied in this research. In addition, a survey questionnaire was administered to experimental group to explore their perception on the use of podcast instruction in teaching listening. Findings revealed that there is a significant difference of post-test score between two groups, favoring experimental group. Data analysis using one way ANOVA showed significance value (sig. 0.010) is lower than &lt; 0.05 which interpreted that Podcast has significant impact on students’ listening comprehension. Additionally, the result of questionnaire indicated that students have positive attitude toward the use of podcast in listening classroom. Students perceived that podcasts provided authentic materials, interesting activities including listening exercises and meaningful tasks for them so they felt more motivated to learn English. This study recommended that teacher may utilize podcast in teaching listening considering its effectiveness as technology based learning tool.

scholarly journals Teaching Narrative Reading by Using the Sub-text Strategy for Islamic Senior High School Students

Ta dib ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Muhamad Holandyah ◽  
Nova Lingga Pitaloka ◽  
Wahyudiyanto Wahyudiyanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not there was a significant improvement before and after the treatment on the eleventh grade students’ reading comprehension scores at one Islamic senior high school in Palembang by using Subtext strategy and to find out whether or not there was a significant difference on the eleventh grade students’ reading comprehension scores between the students who were taught by using Subtext Strategy and those who were not. In this study, Quasi Experimental Design using pretest-posttest nonequivalent groups design was used. There were 60 students taken as sample. Each class consisted of 30 students from class XI IPS 2 as control group and class XI IPS 3 as experimental group. In collecting the data, reading comprehension test was used. The test was given twice to both experimental and control groups, as a pretest and posttest. To verify the hypotheses, the data of pretest and posttest were analyzed by using independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test in SPSS program. The findings showed that the p-output from paired sample t-test (sig2-tailed) was 0.000 which was lower than 0.05 and t-value 11.399 was higher than t-table with df=29 (2.0452).  The result of p-output from independent sample t-test was 0.001 which was lower than 0.05, and the t-value 3.465 was higher than t-table with df=58 (2.0017). It means that teaching reading narrative text by using Subtext strategy had significant effect on the students’ reading comprehension scores.

Effectiveness of Cyber Bullying Sensitization Program (CBSP) to Reduce Cyber Bullying Behavior Among Middle School Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 504-513
Author(s):  
Surabhi Negi ◽  
Sunita Magre
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

Cyber bullying is the unwise use of technology to harm and humiliate an individual or group over the Internet. The purpose of this article is to test the effectiveness of the cyber bullying sensitisation program (CBSP) to reduce the level of cyber bullying behaviour among middle school students. The sample was restricted to adolescents as they are the ones who are most exposed and vulnerable in the cyber space. A quasi-experimental pre-post design with intervention was adopted for the study. The participants of the study were comprised of 186 middle school students from two private schools in India. The experimental group had 94 participants while control groups had 92 participants. Statistical analysis indicated that there was a significant difference between pre- and post-test scores in the experimental group. No significant difference was found between the experiment and control group before the program, suggesting that the program was effective in helping students in reducing cyber bullying behaviour. The implications for prevention and intervention programs were discussed.

scholarly journals Effects of a pilates school program on hamstrings flexibility of adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelia González-Gálvez ◽  
María Carrasco Poyatos ◽  
Pablo Jorge Marcos Pardo ◽  
Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale ◽  
Yuri Feito
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Hamstring Flexibility ◽  
Experimental Group

INTRODUCTION: Low levels of hamstring flexibility may trigger certain acute and chronic pathologies and injuries. Poor flexibility is observed among teenagers and several authors have recommended the use of specific programs in this population to improve flexibility levels. The Pilates Method (PM) may be an appropriate intervention to achieve this purpose and has rarely been used with this population. Objective: Study was to assess changes in the flexibility of hamstrings after running a didactic PM unit for high-school students.METHODS: This research was developed through a quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 66 high-school students divided into experimental group (EG=39) and control group (CG=27). The intervention was carried out 2 times a week for six weeks. Each session lasted 55 minutes divided into three parts: warm-up, main part and cool down. Hamstring flexibility was assessed using the toe-touch test. Paired Student t-test and t-test for independent samples were applied. The size of the effect (d) was determined.RESULTS: The EG showed significant provident in hamstring flexibility (+3.54±3.9cm). The effect size was low (d>d>0,2<0,53), which means that a small proportion of participants improved their results. The control group did not have significant changes after the intervention. In the experimental group, both boys (+3.38± 3.7cm) and girls (+3.85 ± 4.2cm) showed significant improvements. The effect size was low for boys (d>d>0.2<0.53), which means that a small proportion of participants improved their results, and high for girls (d>1.15) which means that a large proportion of participants improved their results.CONCLUSION: This study showed that six-weeks of Pilates training in Physical Education classes has significantly improved the hamstrings flexibility among adolescents.

scholarly journals The Effects of Learning Stations on Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students’ Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Reem Alsaadi ◽  
Adam Al Sultan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of learning station strategies on developing academic achievement and self-regulated learning among middle school students of low socioeconomic status. The sample group consisted of 68 female Saudi students. We applied a quasi-experimental design with an experimental and control group and a pretest and posttest. We examined the correlation between academic achievement and self-regulated learning. The data collection instruments included an academic achievement test and self-regulated learning questionnaire. The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of both instruments in favor of the experimental group. Additionally, there was a positive relationship between development of academic achievement and self-regulated learning among the students for the experimental group. The study’s findings suggest that the learning stations created a dynamic classroom, which prompted students to engage in self-regulatory behaviors and develop their knowledge and understanding.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on Teaching Reading Using Know, Want, Learnt (KWL) and Direct Instruction Method (DIM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Gabriela Puspita Nagri ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>The aims of this research are to find out: (1) whether there is a significant difference in reading skill between the students taught by using KWL method and those taught by using DIM; and (2) whether KWL method is more effective than DIM to teach reading. This experimental study used 22 students for the experimental group and 22 students for the control group. The data were collected by using reading test and then analyzed by using t-test formula. The computation of the data shows that the t-observation (t<sub>o</sub>) is 1.988, which is higher than the t-table <sub>(42,</sub> <sub>0.05)</sub>: 1.960. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in reading skill between the students taught by using KWL method and those taught by using DIM. The mean of the group of students taught by using KWL method is 75.14, while the mean of the group of students taught  by using DIM is 69.13. Therefore, it can be concluded that KWL method is more effective to teach reading than DIM for junior high school students.</p>

scholarly journals USING PEER ASSISTED LEARNING STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Darmawan Budiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
Group Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was any significant difference on reading comprehension of analytical exposition that were taught by using Peer Assisted Learning strategy (PALS) and those who were not, and to find out whether or not it was effective to use PALS on reading comprehension. This study used quasi experimental method. 78 students was taken as sample, consists of 39 students XI IPS 3 as experimental group and XI IPS 4 as control group. Test was used in collecting data as pretest and posttest. To verify the hypothesis, the result of independent sample t-test found that t-obtained (11.077) was higher than t-table (1.9917) with df(=76), and the significance 2-tailed was 0.000. It means that there was any significant difference on reading comprehension that were taught by using PALS and those who were not, and also it was effective to use PALS.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Effect of Instruction on Metacognitive Strategies on EFL Reading Comprehension: The Case of Foundation-Level Students in Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Omaima Al-Kiyumi ◽  
Fawzia Al Seyabi ◽  
Abdul Hamid Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies ◽  
Experimental Group

The current quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of metacognitive reading strategies on the reading comprehension and attitudes of Omani EFL foundation-level students. The sample of the study included two intact classes (N=45) and was selected based on the students&rsquo; results in the midterm reading comprehension exam and their responses to the metacognitive strategies survey (MARSI). One class functioned as the experimental group, which received instruction relating to the metacognitive reading strategies. The other class was the control group which received conventional reading instruction. Two instruments were used to collect data: a pre-post reading comprehension test to measure the students&rsquo; performance in reading and an attitude questionnaire to investigate their attitudes towards metacognitive reading strategies use. The results of the study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the learners&rsquo; reading comprehension in the experimental group and the control group in favor of the experimental group as a result of metacognitive reading strategies instruction. Results also showed that students in the experimental group held positive attitudes towards using metacognitive reading strategies use. In the light of these findings, implications and recommendations for practice were put forward.

scholarly journals The Effect Of Summarization On Intermediate EFL Learners Reading Comprehension And Their Performance On Display, Referential And Inferential Questions

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zargham Ghabanchi ◽  
Fateme Haji Mirza
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Generative Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Experimental Group

This study examined the effect of summarization as a generative learning strategy of the readers' performance on reading comprehension, in general, and reading comprehension display, referential and inferential questions in particular. The subjects in this study were 61 high school students. They were assigned to two groups - control and experimental – each given the same texts taught by one of the researchers during ten sessions. In the control group, learners automatically used their own self-preferred strategies; but the experimental group was taught how to summarize the paragraphs. Then all were post-tested on their achievement of the instructed texts. The results revealed that the use of summarization did not have a significant effect on the readers' performance on display and inferential questions. As for the referential questions, however, the results demonstrated a significant effect for the use of summarization.

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