EFFECT OF INSTRUCTION IN READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INFERENTIAL ABILITY IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.
EFFECT OF INSTRUCTION IN READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INFERENTIAL ABILITY IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.
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2011-06
Authors
IOAHIMIRE, CALLISTER UMEADI.
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Abstract
This study investigated the effect of instruction in reading comprehension skills on
senior secondary school students’ inferential ability in Zaria Local Government Area.
Two groups of SS I students, experimental and control, were involved in this study. All
conditions were similar in the two groups on reading comprehension skills progrmamme
of understanding figurative usage, indentifying a main idea, discovering text
organization and recognizing a writer’s point of new using a test instrument
standardized by the researcher, test were administered to the students after the lesions.
Data collected were analyzed using the mean scores and Anova statistical tools. The
results indicated that the experimental group performed significantly better in their posttests
compared to the control group, it was therefore recommended that effort should be
made to assist the learner achieve comprehension, a basic step to building inferential
ability by teaching specific reading sub-skills, during reading comprehension lessons. On
the basis of gender there is no significant differencein performance between the boysand girls scores
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN TESL
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
JUNE, 2011
Keywords
EFFECT,, INSTRUCTION,, READING COMPREHENSION,, SKILLS,, SENIOR SECONDARY,, SCHOOL STUDENTS,, INFERENTIAL ABILITY,, ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.