A Development of English Reading Comprehension Skill by Using Sq6R Technique for Grade-7 Students at Khaosai Thapklo Phittaya School

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were 1) to compare the students’ achievement in English reading comprehension skill of grade 7 students at Khaosai Thapklo Phittaya School before and after using SQ6R technique; and 2) to study the students’ satisfied toward learning management to improve their reading comprehension skill with SQ6R technique.
This is experimental research. The samples were 35 persons in Matthayom 1/1 selected by cluster simple random sampling. The instruments using for data collection were 5 lesson plans, English reading comprehension assessment tests; and the questionnaire for collecting 
the students’ satisfied in the enhancement of English reading comprehension skill by using SQ6R technique. The statistics used for data analysis included Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-test.
          The results of findings were as follows 1) The students’ achievement in English reading comprehension skill after learning with SQ6R technique was significantly higher than before at the level of 0.5 and 2) The students’ satisfied toward the learning management to improve their reading comprehension skill with SQ6R technique; overall, students' opinions on learning management through the SQ6R technique were at the highest level in all aspects, with a mean (𝑥̅) of 4.76 and a standard deviation (S.D) of 0.42 were at the highest level. Considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect with the highest level was the teacher, the rests were the aspects of the benefits received, content, measurement and evaluation; and the teaching and learning activities.