THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS USING SQ3R READING TECHNIQUE WITH E-BOOKS

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to 1) compare the reading comprehension skills of the twelfth-grade students before and after the implementation of the SQ3R techniques along with the electronic books, examine the twelfth-grade students’ reading comprehension ability based upon the 70 percent criteria, and investigate the students’ satisfaction towards the SQ3R techniques along with the electronic books. The samples in this study were 20 twelfth-grade students who were studying in the second semester of the academic year 2021 at a private school in Pathum Thani Province. These samples were selected using a cluster random sampling method. The instruments used in the study included four lesson plans, a reading comprehension multiple choice test which consisted of 30 questions, and a satisfaction survey form. The statistics used in the study included mean, percentage, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples. The results of the study showed that the students’ reading comprehension ability was higher after the implementation of the SQ3R techniques along with the use of electronic books with a statistical significance at .01. In addition, it was found that the level of reading comprehension skills of 90 percent of the students was higher than 70 percent, and the students were highly satisfied with the implementation of the SQ3R techniques along with the use of electronic books (= 4.41 , S.D.= 0.58).