Metacognitive reading strategies application among high and low proficient readers at pre-university level

Naimah Derin and Suyansah Swanto and Abd Halib Mohd Ali and Wardatul Akmam Din (2021) Metacognitive reading strategies application among high and low proficient readers at pre-university level. International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counselling (IJEPC), 6. pp. 249-263. ISSN 0128-164X

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Abstract

In higher education, reading of academic texts is considered as an essential access to scientific knowledge. Therefore, in this survey study will utilize the inventory of Survey on Reading Strategies Questionnaire (SOR) developed by Mokhtari and Sheory. It is explored to identify the two types of readers: high (HPR) and low (LPR) proficient readers at Form Sixth Cenre of Government School in Sabah, Malaysia. There are three major reading strategies: GLOB (Global), SUPP (Support) and PROB (Problem Solving) strategies. This quantitative approach is done by operating the descriptive (mean and standard of deviation) and inferential (Magnitude of effect) statistics. 250 participants from pre-university students randomly selected to respond to the questionnaire the questionnaire finding revealed that PROB strategy was favoured by both readers. To strengthen scrupulous answer, Effect size had given a better interpretation of the finding. The questionnaire provided all reading strategies to be negative effect to the high proficient readers (HPR) yet large positive effect to the low proficient readers (LPR).

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Global reading strategy , Support reading strategy , Problem solving reading strategy , High proficient reader and low proficient reader
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education > LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education > LB2300-2430 Higher education > LB2326.4-2330 Institutions of higher education
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Psychology and Education
Depositing User: SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2022 14:31
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2022 14:31
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32017

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