Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning?
The study aims to determine if reading a sample TOEFL exam three times improves comprehension compared to intensively reading the same material. Two groups of students were tested on the reading section of a sample TOEFL exam, with one group (n=18) that read the literature three times while the o...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
ORDT: Organization for Research Development and Training
2022-11-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journalofinterdisciplinarysciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/5-Comprehension-Skills-What-is-the-Best-Way-to-Absorb-Meaning.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850032179518636032 |
|---|---|
| author | Bryan Hahn |
| author_facet | Bryan Hahn |
| author_sort | Bryan Hahn |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The study aims to determine if reading a sample TOEFL exam three times improves
comprehension compared to intensively reading the same material. Two groups of students were
tested on the reading section of a sample TOEFL exam, with one group (n=18) that read the literature
three times while the other group (n=13) read it once. An independent t-test compared the exam
scores and did not show any significant difference. The scores for those who read the material three
times were virtually the same compared to the group that read the same material once intensively.
Another independent t-test was also conducted comparing the scores of the first group that read the
literature three times versus the same group that read it once. The results were significant but had the
opposite result of the expected outcome. In other words, scores were higher after reading the material
once which goes against long established academic literature.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-4aecd5d8b0914b5ea6415fd706ea558c |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 2594-3405 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022-11-01 |
| publisher | ORDT: Organization for Research Development and Training |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences |
| spelling | doaj-art-4aecd5d8b0914b5ea6415fd706ea558c2025-08-20T02:58:44ZengORDT: Organization for Research Development and TrainingJournal of Interdisciplinary Sciences2594-34052022-11-01627784Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning?Bryan Hahn0Akita International University, JapanThe study aims to determine if reading a sample TOEFL exam three times improves comprehension compared to intensively reading the same material. Two groups of students were tested on the reading section of a sample TOEFL exam, with one group (n=18) that read the literature three times while the other group (n=13) read it once. An independent t-test compared the exam scores and did not show any significant difference. The scores for those who read the material three times were virtually the same compared to the group that read the same material once intensively. Another independent t-test was also conducted comparing the scores of the first group that read the literature three times versus the same group that read it once. The results were significant but had the opposite result of the expected outcome. In other words, scores were higher after reading the material once which goes against long established academic literature. https://journalofinterdisciplinarysciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/5-Comprehension-Skills-What-is-the-Best-Way-to-Absorb-Meaning.pdfintensive readingreading comprehensionreading proficiency |
| spellingShingle | Bryan Hahn Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences intensive reading reading comprehension reading proficiency |
| title | Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? |
| title_full | Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? |
| title_fullStr | Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? |
| title_short | Comprehension Skills: What is the Best Way to Absorb Meaning? |
| title_sort | comprehension skills what is the best way to absorb meaning |
| topic | intensive reading reading comprehension reading proficiency |
| url | https://journalofinterdisciplinarysciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/5-Comprehension-Skills-What-is-the-Best-Way-to-Absorb-Meaning.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT bryanhahn comprehensionskillswhatisthebestwaytoabsorbmeaning |