Using Metacognitive Instruction to Improve Reading Comprehension

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dc.contributorWoods, Rebecca
dc.contributorWaynant, Louise
dc.contributor.advisorBrown, Gaye
dc.contributor.authorHarman, Tiana
dc.contributor.programMasters of Educationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-16T23:59:02Z
dc.date.available2016-07-16T23:59:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-15
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect on reading comprehension of explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies to 20 second graders who were reading on or above grade level. Participants were taught metacognitive strategies and reminded to use them with a bookmark intervention. Pre and post intervention scores on a comprehension assessment created by the researcher were compared using a t-test for dependent samples. Participants’ comprehension scores increased significantly after they used the bookmark to apply explicitly taught metacognitive strategies. The increase in mean total scores of 1.6 points (pretest mean= 4.15 to posttest mean = 5.75) was significant at the p < .000 level and sub-scores regarding comprehension within and about the text also increased significantly. These results suggest the think-mark bookmark intervention may help improve reading comprehension in primary students by encouraging metacognitive strategy use.en_US
dc.format.extent42 p.en_US
dc.genreaction research papersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2ZN4D
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3073
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relationMaster of Education
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
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dc.rightsPublic Domain Mark 1.0*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/*
dc.subjectAction research papers -- Education
dc.subject.lcshEducation -- Research papers (Graduate).
dc.subject.lcshMetacognitive therapy -- Evaluation -- Second grade (Education)
dc.subject.lcshReading comprehension -- Aids and devices -- Second grade (Education)
dc.subject.lcshReading comprehension -- Ability testing -- Second grade (Education)
dc.titleUsing Metacognitive Instruction to Improve Reading Comprehensionen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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