Reading Capacity Levels of Samar State College of Agriculture and Forestry Social Science Students and Reading Difficulty Level of Textbooks
Keywords:
Reading Capacity, Social Science Students, Reading Difficulty, TextbooksAbstract
This study determined the reading grade capacity level of SSCAF Social Science college students for the school year 2007-2008 in relation to the readability index (difficulty level) of printed materials and textbooks used in Social Science. The study used the descriptive-correlational design. Descriptive study was to determine which of the different variables were related to each other and done within the context of a natural situation, which was investigated. The average reading grade capacity level of the variates of sex was shown to have significant relationship in an inverse/low position since the computed p=value of 0.010 is leaser than the significant level 0.05, two tailed at df=196. Ho which states that there is no significant relationship between the variates of sex and their reading grade capacity level is accepted. The reading capacity level of SSCAF students is assessed and the reading difficulty level of reading materials is according to students’ reading capacity level for the good and effective teaching-learning situation. There is a need for a training seminar on paraphrasing texts and other reading materials to cater to the reading capacities of students for better teaching-learning results. Students’ entry selection for a degree course be more strict- to at least accept an average reading performer according to what is expected from a college student.
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