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Download full textNina Retnaningtyas; Vismaia Sabariah Damaianti; Yeti Mulyati; Andoyo Sastromiharjo – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
Infographic text is a visual text in the form of a combination of images, graphics, illustrations, and typography that serves to facilitate readers in understanding information. Therefore, infographic text is presented with an attractive appearance by increasing the number of illustrations and a little text. The widespread use of infographic text…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Reading Comprehension, Junior High School Students, Grade 8
Direct linkMcDowall, Sue – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
In this article, I describe the challenges students faced in interpreting literary--or fictional--texts in the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement in the English learning area. I explain why it is important for students to learn how to interpret literary texts at school and consider why they might struggle with this important skill. I…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Fiction, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Katemba, Caroline V.; Samuel – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2017
This research is entitled "Effectiveness of Utilizing Jigsaw 1 towards Improving Students' Reading Comprehension Ability." Experimental design was used in this study. The participants of this study were two classes of grade 8 of junior high school in Parongpong, Bandung, Indonesia ; each class consisted of 32 participants in grade 8A as…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Teaching Methods
Mokodompit, Prisilia L.; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2016
This study attempts to find significance difference in enhancing students' reading comprehension ability by comparing two teaching methods: Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Think-PairShare (TPS). In this study, the respondents were students of Grade VIII from SMP Advent II, Setia Budi and students of Grade VIII from SMPN 1, parongpong. After…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Janssen, Rianne; Wouters, Sofie; Huygh, Tine; Denies, Katrijn; Verschueren, Karine – Educational Psychology, 2015
According to the big-fish-little-pond (BFLP) model, the self-concept is not only influenced in a positive way by one's own achievement, but also in a negative way by one's relative achievement in comparison with one's immediate peers. This study investigates whether the BFLP effect also holds for second language acquisition. A random sample of…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Self Concept, Reading Ability, Second Language Learning
Kibirige, I. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Reading ability is fundamental to teaching and learning (AFT 2004). This study assessed the reading ability of 25 in-service science educators at the University of Limpopo for three science texts: Grades 7, 8 and 9, using a cloze test and exploring materials that educators read. The scores were categorised as being independent, instructional and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Middle Schools, Reading Improvement, Interviews
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been conducted every four years since 1995, with the most recent assessment in 2011. PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international assessment of reading…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 4
Balogun, Joseph; Abiona, Titilayo; Lukobo-Durrell, Mainza; Adefuye, Adedeji; Amosun, Seyi; Frantz, Jose; Yakut, Yavuz – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: This comparative study evaluated the readability and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess the attitudes, beliefs behaviours and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among young adults recruited from universities in the United States of America (USA), Turkey and South Africa. Design/Setting: The instrument was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Test Reliability, Difficulty Level, Young Adults
Persson, Ulla-Britt – 1994
A book-length study described the metacognitive components of good and poor reading ability, with special reference to comprehension. Subjects were 53 Swedish students in grade 5 or 8 and were either good or poor comprehenders as defined by a combination of a reading test and teacher ratings. Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8
