Influence of Prior Knowledge Questions on Pupils' Performance in Reading Comprehension in Primary Schools in Kaduna, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Yusuf, Hanna Onyi; Mohammed, Sadiq
Titel	Influence of Prior Knowledge Questions on Pupils' Performance in Reading Comprehension in Primary Schools in Kaduna, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 4 (2013) 1, S.134-139 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Prior Learning; Elementary School Students; Reading Comprehension; Textbooks; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Pretests Posttests; Reading Instruction; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Outcomes of Education; Correlation; Quasiexperimental Design; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkenntnisse; Leseverstehen; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Leseunterricht; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Korrelation
Abstract	This study was carried out to determine the influence of prior knowledge questions on pupils' performance in reading comprehension in primary schools in Kaduna, Nigeria. Two schools were used for the study. Ungwar Dosa primary school was used as the experimental school while Ungwar Rimi primary school was used as the control school. Thirty (30) primary five pupils from each of the two schools were used for the study. A total of sixty pupils were used for the study. A pre-test was administered on both groups of pupils before the commencement of teaching. A post-test was administered after six weeks of teaching. Data was analysed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings revealed significant difference in the performance of pupils taught reading comprehension using prior knowledge questions. Based on the findings, teachers are encouraged among others, to use prior knowledge questions to motivate and stimulate pupils to use their relevant background knowledge to interpret and understand new information in their reading comprehension texts. Curriculum planners and textbook writers are encouraged to include prior knowledge questions as part of the activities pupils should be exposed to during reading comprehension lessons. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01