Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Reading is an important tool for accessing information that provides a base for learning. Reading strategies are important and help the learners improve their reading comprehension and enhance their reading efficiency. Reading strategies can be observed, for example, teachers can observe their students’ reading strategies by looking at the notes they take during listening to academic lectures. The goal of using reading strategies is to facilitate the learners’ reading and to improve the learners’ comprehension ability. Comprehension is a basic prerequisite to be meaningful. The current experimental study conducted in the Pakistani context for improving the reading comprehension skills using specific reading strategies. Quasi experimental research design was adopted to conduct the study. The sample consisted of 50 BS hons students in the third semester at the University of Okara, Pakistan. Findings indicate that reading strategies positively impact the reading comprehension of students at the university level. The study has important implications for teachers, students, curriculum planners and policymakers in the field of education.
Source: Journal of Policy Research
DOI: 10.61506/02.00313
Institution: University of Okara
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4402245170