Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study
<span>A computer interface for training university students in reading comprehension of expository-argumentative texts is presented. A text is divided into several sections, for each of which several questions are presented; the reader must select an answer from among various choices and t...
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doaj-0b5a515f7aa24e929bb89769ca49d0f02020-12-02T13:20:05ZengUniversidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaRevista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa1607-40412007-11-0192164Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory StudyLuis Zarzosa Escobedo0David Luna Pérez1Tania De Parrés Fong2Esperanza Guarneros Reyes3Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala Especialidad en Psicología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoFacultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala Especialidad en Psicología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoFacultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala Especialidad en Psicología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoFacultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala Especialidad en Psicología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México<span>A computer interface for training university students in reading comprehension of expository-argumentative texts is presented. A text is divided into several sections, for each of which several questions are presented; the reader must select an answer from among various choices and then a feedback screen is presented according to the answer. Two experiments were carried out to test the program’s effectiveness. The first one compared the performance of 50 students in two successive but equivalent lessons. In the second one, the performance of 18 students after four lessons was compared with that of 15 students after a single lesson. There were statistically significant differences in both experiments that support the training effectiveness, although with noticeable variability between participants. The scope and limitations of the program due to the number of lessons and the size of the population sample in the second experiment are discussed in relation to the outcomes.</span>http://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/168Lecturacomprensiónestrategiastexto argumentativouniversitarios. |
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Luis Zarzosa Escobedo David Luna Pérez Tania De Parrés Fong Esperanza Guarneros Reyes Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa Lectura comprensión estrategias texto argumentativo universitarios. |
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Luis Zarzosa Escobedo David Luna Pérez Tania De Parrés Fong Esperanza Guarneros Reyes |
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Luis Zarzosa Escobedo |
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Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study |
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Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study |
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Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study |
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Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study |
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Effectiveness of an Interface for Strategic Reading on University Students: an Exploratory Study |
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effectiveness of an interface for strategic reading on university students: an exploratory study |
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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
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Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa |
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1607-4041 |
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2007-11-01 |
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<span>A computer interface for training university students in reading comprehension of expository-argumentative texts is presented. A text is divided into several sections, for each of which several questions are presented; the reader must select an answer from among various choices and then a feedback screen is presented according to the answer. Two experiments were carried out to test the program’s effectiveness. The first one compared the performance of 50 students in two successive but equivalent lessons. In the second one, the performance of 18 students after four lessons was compared with that of 15 students after a single lesson. There were statistically significant differences in both experiments that support the training effectiveness, although with noticeable variability between participants. The scope and limitations of the program due to the number of lessons and the size of the population sample in the second experiment are discussed in relation to the outcomes.</span> |
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Lectura comprensión estrategias texto argumentativo universitarios. |
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