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Teng, Mark Feng – Literacy, 2020
This paper presents a small-scale study examining the effects of metacognitive reading strategy instruction on English language learners' reading comprehension in a Hong Kong international school. Twenty-five primary school (Grade 5) students who learn English as a second language participated in this study. Metacognitive instruction was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lau, Kit-ling – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
In this study, an intervention program was designed based on the instructional principles of self-regulated learning (SRL), and its effectiveness in enhancing Hong Kong secondary three students' classical Chinese (CC) reading comprehension and motivation was evaluated. A pretest-posttest treatment-control group quasi-experimental design was used.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Secondary School Students
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Lau, Kit-ling; Ho, Esther Sui-chu – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
The outperformance of Chinese students in large-scale international assessments has increasingly attracted the attention of researchers. This study explored the relationship between an important student factor, self-regulated learning (SRL), and Hong Kong students' reading performance on Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA). Using…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Metacognition, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Foreign Countries
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Lau, Kit-ling – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2011
This study aimed to initially explore the possibility of helping front-line teachers to integrate the principles of self-regulated learning (SRL) into Chinese reading instruction in a 1-year collaborative project. A total of 197 Secondary 3 students and 6 Chinese language teachers from a secondary school in Hong Kong participated in the study. The…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Learning Experience
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Ip, Chuk Kuen; Lian, Ming-Gon John – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2005
This study investigated the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies in teaching reading comprehension to five Chinese children with physical and multiple disabilities. Results suggested that metacognitive instructional strategies might be effective. Further research using various methods/designs on children of different ages and academic levels…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Multiple Disabilities, Metacognition