A. Imam, Ombra and Mastura, Maripaz Abas and Jamil, Hajri and Ismail, Zurida
(2014)
Reading Comprehension Skills And
Performance In Science Among High School
Students In The Philippines.
The Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education (formerly known as Journal of Educators and Education), 29 (1).
pp. 1-14.
ISSN 2289-9057
Abstract
The research work was carried out among randomly selected 666 first year
student-respondents from 18 identified public and private high schools in the Division of
Cotabato City, Central Mindanao, Philippines. The six elements of reading
comprehension skills, i.e., understanding vocabulary in context, identifying main idea,
noting details, making inference, predicting outcomes, and drawing conclusion, and
students’ performance in science from the two school types were described and
correlated. A competency-based 50-item multiple choice achievement test for each of the
reading comprehension and science learning areas was utilised as the research instrument.
The test was developed based on the prescribed Table of Specifications (TOS) and
aligned with learning competencies formulated under the Restructured Basic Education
Curriculum (RBEC) of the Department of Education (DepEd). The study results showed
that the overall students’ performance in reading comprehension and science was indexed
at low mastery level. Generally, four out of six reading skills such as understanding
vocabulary in context, noting details, predicting outcome, and making inference made up
the overall reading skills that positively correlated with science performance of students
although the strength of relationship was considered weak.
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