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Enhancing reading comprehension through cognitive and graphic strategies: a constructivism approach


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Mohd Yussof, Yusfarina and Jamian, Abdul Rasid and Roslan, Samsilah and Zainon Hamzah, Zaitul Azma and Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul (2012) Enhancing reading comprehension through cognitive and graphic strategies: a constructivism approach. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 64. pp. 151-160. ISSN 1877-0428

Abstract

Graphic Strategy and several Cognitive Strategies (Story Structure, Questioning, Synthesizing, Visualizing and Inferencing) are used on narrative texts, following constructivism principle, to discern the increase in students’ reading comprehension.A quasi-experimental study involved 45 students(experimental group) receiving treatment via graphic and cognitive strategies and another 45 students (control group) using classroom's common practice (conventional method). Paired T-test Analysis shows significant difference for both groups. However, mean score and effect size (eta square value) are larger in the experimental group (M=59.63, 0.78) than the control group's (M=55.34, 0.31). This indicates that the implemented strategies increased students’ reading comprehension effectively compared to conventional method.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Educational Studies
Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.018
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Reading comprehension; Cognitive strategies; Graphic strategy; Constructivism approach
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2016 08:57
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2016 08:57
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