The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of student question generation on reading achievement. The effect of training students in dyads to ask six generic questions about what they read was studied. / Students from Bainbridge College enrolled in VTE 080-081, a developmental reading skills course, were the subjects in this study. Experimental and control groups were comprised of approximately thirty-five students each. Data collected from the ACT California Planning Program (CPP) Reading Skills Test were utilized to determine who would be placed in the VTE 080-081 reading skills class. Two types of tests were used to assess reading comprehension. The first was a standardized reading test, CAT Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Level D, Forms 3 and 4, which was used to measure transfer of training. The second test was a six-item comprehension test following selected passages from Six Way Paragraphs by Walter Pauk. / An analysis of covariance was used to analyze reading comprehension. The data were analyzed using pretest scores as a covariate. / An experimental design was used in this research study. / Results of a pilot study conducted fall quarter 1989 revealed that there was a significant effect on the treatment group. / The study proper was conducted winter quarter, 1990 and spring quarter, 1990. The results of the study supported the general learning theories which indicated that active processing of prose does affect learning. Training students to manipulate their own learning by teaching them to ask questions proved to be a more powerful instructional device than allowing them to devise their own strategy. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-06, Section: A, page: 2018. / Major Professor: Lawrence E. Hafner. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77760 |
| Contributors | Peters, Marlene Hutcherson., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 152 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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