Learning Strategy in Text Comprehension

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aims to fortify the interest in the scholarly investigation of students' text comprehension difficulties and to explore the wide horizon of probable factors and conditions surrounding such phenomenon.

METHODS

This study which adopted the descriptive and developmental design dealt on the formulation of prototype learning activities aimed to improve Grade 11 students' performance in text comprehension, particularly in "interpretative and applied levels of comprehension", which were found to be more challenging to students. The design of the learning activities is based on guidelines inferred from the merits of research findings.

RESULTS

The research population involved a total of ninety (90) Grade 11 students of Urdaneta City National High School in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, enrolled during the School Year 2017-2018. Female students dominate the research population at 67. They belong to families with varied ranges of income, many of whom were gauged as "Very Low". The students access a broad range of media types. The students' level of performance in text comprehension range from "Outstanding" to "Fairly Satisfactory", majority of whom registered as "Outstanding", while the remainder range from having "Very Satisfactory", "Satisfactory", and "Fairly Satisfactory" levels of performance. Moreover, majority of students obtained a perfect score in "literal, interpretative, and critical" levels of comprehension in contrast to their inferior scores under "applied comprehension". A synopsis of the scores revealed that students were more challenged in terms of interpretative and applied levels of comprehension.

DISCUSSIONS

The study's findings were discussed in comparison and in contrast with previous researches in the same field. Several recommendations are offered based on the merits of the findings which tapped the agency of teachers, school, administrators, parents, and instructional material designers as regards their complementary roles in improving instructional conditions and strategies in the constant pursuit to develop students' performance in text comprehension.