Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study
MIGLIORARE LA COMPRENSIONE DEL TESTO E LE CAPACITÀ DI SINTESI NELLA SCUOLA PRIMARIA: UNO STUDIO QUASI-SPERIMENTALE Abstract The paper reports the results of the evaluation of a programme aimed at improving reading comprehension and summarising skills of fourth graders through a quasi-experimental ...
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| author | Antonio Calvani Antonio Marzano Lorena Montesano Marta Pellegrini Amalia Lavinia Rizzo Marianna Traversetti Giuliano Vivanet |
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The paper reports the results of the evaluation of a programme aimed at improving reading comprehension and summarising skills of fourth graders through a quasi-experimental study conducted with 671 students (421 in the experimental group and 250 in the control group) in Italian schools. Students assigned to the experimental group received three months of the intervention while students in the control group continued with regular teacher practice. Results showed a statistically significant difference between the two conditions on reading comprehension and summarising skills. Students included in the experimental group outperformed students in the control group in both the measures used (dppc2 = 0.32 in the Summarising Test and dppc2 = 0.54 in the Summary Qualitative Assessment). No differences were found between students with different proficiency vocabulary levels in the experimental group. The implications for research practice and limitations of the study are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ba52fb79d94449f997ed189f8bbc7ac2023-12-29T17:14:53ZengLED Edizioni UniversitarieJournal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies2037-79322037-79242023-12-010288110010.7358/ecps-2023-028-calv2114Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental StudyAntonio Calvani0Antonio Marzano1Lorena Montesano2Marta Pellegrini3Amalia Lavinia Rizzo4Marianna Traversetti5Giuliano Vivanet6SApIE, TurinDepartment of Human, Philosophical and Education Sciences, University of SalernoUniversity of CalabriaDepartment of Pedagogy, Psychological Sciences and Philosophy, University of CagliariDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Roma TreUniversity of SapienzaDepartment of Pedagogy, Psychological Sciences and Philosophy, University of CagliariMIGLIORARE LA COMPRENSIONE DEL TESTO E LE CAPACITÀ DI SINTESI NELLA SCUOLA PRIMARIA: UNO STUDIO QUASI-SPERIMENTALE Abstract The paper reports the results of the evaluation of a programme aimed at improving reading comprehension and summarising skills of fourth graders through a quasi-experimental study conducted with 671 students (421 in the experimental group and 250 in the control group) in Italian schools. Students assigned to the experimental group received three months of the intervention while students in the control group continued with regular teacher practice. Results showed a statistically significant difference between the two conditions on reading comprehension and summarising skills. Students included in the experimental group outperformed students in the control group in both the measures used (dppc2 = 0.32 in the Summarising Test and dppc2 = 0.54 in the Summary Qualitative Assessment). No differences were found between students with different proficiency vocabulary levels in the experimental group. The implications for research practice and limitations of the study are discussed.https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/ECPS-Journal/article/view/4961primary schoolquasi-experimental designreading comprehensionreciprocal teachingsummarising skillscapacità di sintesicomprensione del testodisegno quasi-sperimentalescuola primaria |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Calvani Antonio Marzano Lorena Montesano Marta Pellegrini Amalia Lavinia Rizzo Marianna Traversetti Giuliano Vivanet Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies primary school quasi-experimental design reading comprehension reciprocal teaching summarising skills capacità di sintesi comprensione del testo disegno quasi-sperimentale scuola primaria |
| title | Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| title_full | Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| title_fullStr | Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| title_short | Improving Reading Comprehension and Summarising Skills in Primary School: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| title_sort | improving reading comprehension and summarising skills in primary school a quasi experimental study |
| topic | primary school quasi-experimental design reading comprehension reciprocal teaching summarising skills capacità di sintesi comprensione del testo disegno quasi-sperimentale scuola primaria |
| url | https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/ECPS-Journal/article/view/4961 |
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