DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTION-ANSWER-RESPONSE (QAR) & COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING (CSR) INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL TO ENHANCE ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS AND READING STRATEGIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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The question-answer-response (QAR) & collaborative strategic reading (CSR) instructional model is developed by combining QAR & CSR to enhance English reading comprehension skills and reading strategies to be more effective. The purposes and results of this article were as follows: The purposes of this article were: 1) to examine efficiency with an 80/80 criteria and effectiveness of QAR & CSR instructional model according to social interaction theories to enhance English reading comprehension skills and reading strategies emphasizing on reading strategies; and 2) to measure students’ satisfaction towards the QAR & CSR instructional model after using it. The samples were 19 Physical-Education-major students randomly selected a public university in Thailand in the academic year 1/2023. The data was analyzed by percentage, average, standard deviation and t-test dependent. The results were as follows: 1) The QAR & CSR instructional model reached the efficiency at 91.76/85.61, and in terms of the effectiveness of QAR & CSR instructional model based on the comparison the students’ English reading comprehension skills and reading strategies before and after the instructional model implementation, it was found out that all scores of the reading strategies were significantly higher at the .05 level; and 2) The students’ satisfaction after using the QAR & CSR instructional model was at the highest level. Therefore, QAR & CSR instructional models is suitable to be used effectively in teaching.
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