Effects of strategy training on reading comprehension in first and foreign language
| Autor: | P.E. Bimmel, Ron Oostdam, Huub van den Bergh |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Instituut voor de Lerarenopleiding (tot 2012) |
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| Zdroj: | Ron Oostdam European Journal of Psychology of Education, 16 (4), 509-529. Springer Netherlands |
| ISSN: | 0256-2928 |
| Popis: | In this article we report on the effects of an experimental programme to train reading strategies. Students had to work in pairs on the execution of reading tasks following a consciousness-raising method, consisting of an orientation phase in which they explore the reading tasks and select a reading strategy, a practice/application phase in which actual performance takes place and a verbalisation phase, in which the steps that lead to a correct solution must be formulated explicitly. The programme was directed to four reading strategies: looking for key fragments, paying attention to structure marking elements (hinge words), making up questions (questioning) and mapping the most important information from a text (semantic mapping). On the basis of this programme 15-year old Dutch students from the third year of regular secondary education (N=12) have been trained in applying these reading strategies when reading in their first language (Dutch). The results have been compared with those of a control group (N=119). We will show that the training programme has an effect on the mastery of the four strategic reading activities and leads to a substantial improvement of the reading comprehension in the first language (Dutch). Transfer effects to reading in a foreign language (English) could not be ascertained. |
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