Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension

This study was about the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies to enhance students' performance in reading comprehension. From five government secondary schools in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 272 students in grade three participated in this research. Two standardised English reading compr...

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Main Authors: Fitrisia, Dohra, Kok, Eng Tan, Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah
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Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah
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Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah
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description This study was about the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies to enhance students' performance in reading comprehension. From five government secondary schools in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 272 students in grade three participated in this research. Two standardised English reading comprehension tests from Ujian Nasional (UN, or National Examination) 2005/2006 and the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) by Mokhtari and Reichard were employed. The MARSI consisted of 30 items that measured MARS, which were divided into three categories: global reading strategies (13 items), problem solving reading strategies (8 items), and support reading strategies (9 items). The results indicated a weak positive relationship between MARS and scores in reading comprehension. No significant difference was found in the students' level of MARS between good and poor readers. It was also found that the level of MARS for problem solving reading strategy was than for global and support reading strategies. The findings suggest direct instruction in MARS may help students increase their attention to the reading process. Becoming aware of their own thinking as they read and solve problems allows students to seize the advantages of learning opportunities to become strategic and thoughtful readers.
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spelling my.usm.eprints.34764 http://eprints.usm.my/34764/ Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension Fitrisia, Dohra Kok, Eng Tan Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah LB2300 Higher Education This study was about the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies to enhance students' performance in reading comprehension. From five government secondary schools in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 272 students in grade three participated in this research. Two standardised English reading comprehension tests from Ujian Nasional (UN, or National Examination) 2005/2006 and the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) by Mokhtari and Reichard were employed. The MARSI consisted of 30 items that measured MARS, which were divided into three categories: global reading strategies (13 items), problem solving reading strategies (8 items), and support reading strategies (9 items). The results indicated a weak positive relationship between MARS and scores in reading comprehension. No significant difference was found in the students' level of MARS between good and poor readers. It was also found that the level of MARS for problem solving reading strategy was than for global and support reading strategies. The findings suggest direct instruction in MARS may help students increase their attention to the reading process. Becoming aware of their own thinking as they read and solve problems allows students to seize the advantages of learning opportunities to become strategic and thoughtful readers. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34764/1/APJEE_30_Art_2_%2815-30%29.pdf Fitrisia, Dohra and Kok, Eng Tan and Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah (2015) Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension. The Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education (formerly known as Journal of Educators and Education), 30 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2289-9057 http://apjee.usm.my/APJEE_30_2015/APJEE%2030%20Art%202%20(15-30).pdf
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Kok, Eng Tan
Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah
Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title_full Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title_fullStr Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title_short Investigating Metacognitive Awareness Of Reading Strategies To Strengthen Students' Performance In Reading Comprehension
title_sort investigating metacognitive awareness of reading strategies to strengthen students' performance in reading comprehension
topic LB2300 Higher Education
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