| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 科學應用與推廣學系科學教育碩士班 === 102 === The aim of this action research was to enhance reading comprehension on science texts in the class through Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy instruction.
The study had 26 participants, who were students in the fourth grade, taught by the researcher. It was conducted over the 13 weeks Action Research Process comprised of 28 lessons. Quantitative and qualitative analysis were conducted in the study. The science Texts Reading Test was administrated prior to and following the instruction. Quantitative analysis was conducted using Paired t-test to investigate the effect of the instruction on participants’ reading performance. By collecting and consolidating the qualitative data including the notes of introspection, records of observation, learning sheets, interviews, etc., the authentic teaching journey was shown in the study.
The study found that utilizing QAR strategy could enhance students' reading comprehension of science texts. Also, formalizing the process of science reading through the QAR strategy can be used as the guideline of lesson plan. The precautions and recommendations regarding the QAR strategy in the future practice were provided. Finally, the QAR strategy is suggested to be implemented in teaching reading comprehension on science texts for the educators.
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