scholarly journals Estudio comparativo de la comprensión lectora de alumnos y alumnas del Grado Secundario en la Región del Kurdistán, Irak Comparative Study of Reading Comprehension of Boy and Girl Students at Secondary Level in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Juana Maria Arcelus-Ulibarrena ◽  
Hazhar Ramadhan Ahmed ◽  
Othman Saleh Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Los Grupos ◽  
Girl Students

Enseñar inglés a estudiantes del Grado Secundario se considera importante en la Región Autónoma de Kurdistán, Irak. Por este motivo, la presente investigación fue diseñada para evaluar la comprensión lectora de estudiantes del Grado Secundario de esta Región. En un primer momento, se realizó una comparación de niños y niñas en el Nivel Secundario dándoles un texto para leer y sucesivamente realizando pruebas que se basaron en el mismo texto. El grupo elegido para la investigación fue de 25 niños y de 25 niñas, todos ellos estudiantes seleccionados sistemáticamente de varias Escuelas o Colegios privados y administrados por el Gobierno. Sus puntuaciones finales se obtuvieron a través de la prueba t y el Coeficiente de Correlación de Movimiento del Producto de Pearson (r). La investigación concluyó que no hubo una correlación estadísticamente significativa entre las puntuaciones de las pruebas de los grupos de estudiantes del Grado de Secundaria, pero hubo una diferencia estadística significativa en “su rendimiento”]

scholarly journals Knowledge regarding adverse effects of selected cosmetic products among higher secondary level girl students, Chitwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
R Shrestha ◽  
J Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Skin Irritation ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cosmetic Products ◽  
Nail Polish ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Girl Students

Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odour of the human body. The age that females begin wearing makeup gets younger and younger with every new generation. A descriptive study design was used to find out knowledge regarding adverse effects of selected cosmetic products among higher secondary level girl students. A total 70 female students of Maiya Devi Girls’ College, Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, 34 students of grade 11 and 36 students of grade 12 were selected by using probability simple random sampling lottery method. The result revealed that out of 70 respondents, 30% were of age 17 years, 51.4% were studying in grade 12. 34.3% respondents’ had experienced adverse effects from using cosmetic products, 50% had experienced acne, almost all respondent’s 98.6% got information of cosmetic products from television. Majority 82.9% of the respondents answered that cosmetic products are the substance use to enhance the appearance of body. Cent percent respondents’ had knowledge that lipstick cause lip cancer, 88.6% had knowledge that kajal cause dry eye syndrome, 97.1% had knowledge that skin lightening cream and sunscreen cause skin cancer and perfumes cause skin irritation, 87.1% had knowledge that mascara cause eye irritation, and 98.6% had knowledge that nail polish cause cancer and reading expiry and manufacture date can prevent the occurrence of adverse effects. Majority 72.9% of respondents had average level of knowledge, 17.1% had low level of knowledge and 10.0% had high level of knowledge. Statistically there was significant association between level of knowledge of the respondents’ regarding adverse effects of selected cosmetic products and grade of respondents (p = 0.044). 

scholarly journals Estudiantes con déficit atencional enfrentando tareas de comprensión lectora y producción de textos: Un estudio comparativo en alumnado de 4° año de educación primaria en Chile

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fabián Andrés Inostroza-Inostroza
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Text Production ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Educación Primaria

The present article aims to compare the performance in students with Attention Deficit Disorder to those who do not present it, in tasks of reading comprehension and text production carried out by students attending the fourth grade of primary education. This quantitative, non-experimental comparative study aims to provide evidence regarding the way in which this condition limits the learning outcomes in the tasks of comprehension and production of texts, language, and communication. One the main findings of this research was that students with attention deficit disorder showed lower reading comprehension performance than their peers who do not presented this diagnosis. This same tendency was observed in the results of the texts production tasks. This implies that the disorder affecting the attention in students with it interferes in the process of language learning. This generates challenges and new questions for those who do research in this topic; and for the case of teachers, it presents new challenges when planning the teaching in order to adapt it to the specific requirements of these students in the area of language.

scholarly journals Comparative Study Between Using Cooperative Learning Model Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) and Direct Instructional Method (DI) to Teach Students’ Reading Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 367
Author(s):  
Nurul Ariffa Anggiasari ◽  
Muh Asrori ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Instructional Method ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

<p>Mastering reading comprehension is a must for language learners. Without mastering reading comprehension students aren’t able to grasp the message on their written form of learning material. Yet, reading comprehension oftenly considered to be difficult by students. This may caused by teacher’s method of teaching that doesn’t effective. This article compare between the use of Cooperative Learning method model Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) and Direct Instructional Method (DI) to teach studentsz reading comprehension. Here describe there is significant difference in reading comprehension achievement between the students taught using TGT and those taught using DI of the eighth grade students of one state junior high school in Grogol, and whether TGT is more effective than DI to teach reading comprehension. The method used in this study is experimental method (comparative study). The population of the research is all the eighth grade students. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. Two groups of student were taken, VIII-B as experimental group and VIII-C as control group. The instrument to collect data is test. The data were analyzed using t-test formula. The computation showed that t-observation (t<sub>o</sub>) is 3.32 consulting t-table <sub>(78,</sub> <sub>0.05)</sub> = 1.96, therefore the t<sub>o</sub> is higher than t<sub>t</sub>. It is concluded that there’s significant difference between experimental and control group. Besides, the mean of the group of students taught using TGT is 62.62, while that of those taught using DI is 59.46, meaning that TGT gives better achievement than DI. Thus, TGT is more effective than DI to teach reading comprehension.</p>

scholarly journals MEASURING STUDENT’S DIFFICULTIES IN READING COMPREHENSION IN LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adawiyah Adha Asri Rais ◽  
Muhammad Sofian Hadi ◽  
Mutiarani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
English Text ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Junior High School Level

The aim of this study was to prove the ability of students’ comprehension in measuring their difficulties of reading comprehension in junior high school level. This study was conducted towards students’ difficulties related to types of questions of reading comprehension. After analyzing the data from the test, the researchers concluded that the study in MTs 1 Muhammadiyah Ciputat had problems in reading comprehension. There are five sorts of the categories as difficult questions in reading comprehension. They are primary thought, making induction, finding reference, vocabulary, and detail data. The results of study revealed that students’ difficulties in answering reading questions were in comprehending main idea of reading (38%), finding reference (52%), making inference (52%), vocabulary (79%), and detail information (77%). The researchers also measured the level of difficulty in reading comprehension to figure out the students’ ability in comprehending the English text. As a result, most of the students had difficulty in determining the main idea.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Practices Regarding Sexual Activities among Girl Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Sushil Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Girl Students

This study attempts to reflect the perception of higher secondary level girl students towards various sexual activities. Since it is the peak point of sexual desire, they are more probable to involve in various sexual activities. The study is based on primary data, mainly focuses to dig-out the perception and practices of various sexual activities among higher secondary level girls students in Pokhara. There are 61 public and 47 private higher secondary schools in Kaski district. Out of them, 17 public higher secondary schools have education stream which is the universe population of the study. In selecting these schools as the source of study population, purposive sampling method is used. Here, eight public higher secondary schools are selected by simple random sampling method and 12 unmarried girl students are selected from each school on random basis. Altogether 96 students are considered as the respondents for the study and the questionnaire method is chosen as the tool to track-out their sexual activities. As per their responses, masturbation, premarital sex etc are found as the sexual practices. Masturbation is found to be more common in girls. In most cases, masturbation, mutual sharing of sexual knowledge and teasing and poking related to sex, observatory practice of porn films and habit of reading sex related literatures are found more common in them. In addition, parents’ educational background and occupations have a lot to do with their view towards various sexual activities.Journal of Health Promotion Vol.6 2008, p.86-91

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