SPIDERS: Special Project In Developing and Enhancing Reading Skills

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is one of the basic skills that a student must learn to help improve their academic performance. Developing the mind is one of the main targets of reading. Without good reading skills, a person is limited in terms of what they can achieve and accomplish. Low scores of students in tests are commonly directed to poor reading comprehension. SPIDERS: SpecialProject in Developing and Enhancing Reading Skills, as a School Level Continuous Improvement Project, was created to address poor reading comprehension.

METHODS

The SPIDER was piloted among 12 Grade 7 learners who were identified as frustrated readers based on the PHIL-IRI report. A SIM in English was distributed to the learners as a tool to develop and enhance their reading skills. The CI group collected, checked and analyzed each result for three months. A PHIL-IRI post-test was conducted to check the developments of the project.

RESULTS

After the implementation of SPIDERS to selected G7 -Courteous learners from November 2017 -February 2018 and roll out the implementation for all frustrated learners of G7 February 2018 -March 2018, the number of frustrated readers decreased and attained more than 50% target decrease.

DISCUSSIONS

The CI team developed and enhanced the learners' reading skills by providing them a SIM in English to increase reading skills. It is also recommended that the implementation of the project should be applied to all grade levels to increase the number of independent readers and to achieve a higher Mean Percentage Score (MPS) in all English-based subjects.