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Al-Shdeifat, Zainab; Al-Jamal, Dina – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
This study examines how visual thinking may affect Jordanian female ninth-graders reading abilities. The design had an experimental feel about it. The study included 66 ninth-grade female students who were studying English as a foreign language (EFL). An instructional program was created and put into place, and a pre-post reading exam was created…
Descriptors: Visualization, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Alodwan, Talal; Almosa, Mosaab – English Language Teaching, 2018
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a computer program based on Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation (ADDIE) Model on the achievement of Ninth Graders' listening and Reading Comprehension Skills in English. The study sample comprised 70 ninth graders during the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Listening Comprehension
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Abu-Hamour, Bashir; Al-Hmouz, Hanan; Kenana, Mohammed – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2013
This study facilitates the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) to investigate the effect of short vowels on oral reading fluency (ORF) and silent reading comprehension in Arabic orthography. A total sample of 131 fifth-grade students (89 skilled readers and 42 poor readers) participated in the study. Two kinds of CBM probes were…
Descriptors: Vowels, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Silent Reading
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Al-Hajaya, Nail; Al-Khresheh, Taisir – International Education Studies, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive learning style-based reading program on the achievement of Jordanian freshmen English majors. The subjects of the study consisted of 104 freshmen English majors enrolled for Reading Skills 1 in Tafila Technical University in Jordan in the fall semester 2007/2008. Students' learning styles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
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Tweissi, Adel I. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1998
Analyzed whether variations in amount and type of linguistic simplification would create differences in the comprehension levels of Jordanian college students studying English. Students read different versions of a text and completed an achievement test. Simplification positively affected students' reading comprehension. The type, not amount, of…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education