Improving Reading Comprehension Skills through Reading Rockets

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The conduct of the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil IRI) as mandated in Department of Education Memorandum N0.345 S. 2010 "Maximum Utilization of Phil-IRI to Improve Reading Performance” and Department of Education Memorandum No. 143 s. 2012 "Reports of the Reading Profile” is very significant in this study. The database presented by the Phil-IRI Reading Assessment and NAT revealed that it was affected by vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and attitude towards language, literacy, and literature as stated by Dr. Pado (2014) on the fourteen domains of Literacy in the K to 12 Revised Curriculum. Thus, the researcher intended to find a solution to the problems through Reading Rockets strategies like Monitoring Comprehension Strategy and Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy for reading comprehension and schema building to develop their attitude and making sense to learn and speed reading for vocabulary development.

METHODS

This study employed a descriptive-status type of descriptive research design. Twenty-eight grade six pupils served as the respondent of the study. The sample was identified through equi-probability random sampling which means every member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the sample.

RESULTS

There is a prevalent increase in the use of Reading Rockets strategies employed to attain the problem of improving reading comprehension skills. As to the materials use, there was a twelve percent increased performance from printed material to the intervention applied in a video presentation. Seven percent increased of pupil's comprehension to compare the three trials in Cycle 3 to the intervention.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrated the need for promoting speed reading activity as the only first step to break poor reading habits and master the speed-reading skills by regular practice. Learners should have intensified reading activity during Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Project using Individual Reading Level Chart to be monitored by the school administrator. There is a need to pay attention to the text first and must have personal connections to texts that need to be acknowledged and respected.