Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy
This paper has arisen from diligent studies on the reading comprehension ability of biology students in the university EFL context. The purpose of the paper is to enhance biology students’ academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy inspired from the word “REVOLUTION...
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| author | Khataee, Elnaz Khataee, Elham Khataee, Mohammad Javad Khademi, Hanif |
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| description | This paper has arisen from diligent studies on the reading comprehension ability of biology students in the university EFL context. The purpose of the paper is to enhance biology students’ academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy inspired from the word “REVOLUTION”. The strategy is introduced in the present paper and it is developed and implemented for the first time in reading comprehension instruction. To collect the relevant data, a questionnaire, interviews, reading comprehension texts and tests were used. Participants were 67 EFL learners studying plant biology at two universities in Iran. They were assigned into two groups of experimental and control. In the experimental group, the REVOLUTION strategy was used as a treatment in teaching reading comprehension, while in the control group, the teacher read out the text and asked students to listen, the teacher was supposed to answer the students' important questions. The main findings of the study showed that when the teacher applied the REVOLUTION strategy, the students had a much better performance on the reading comprehension tests. The conclusion to be drawn from this study is that the implementation of this strategy can be useful in improving the reading comprehension of university students, it enhances learners’ academic achievement in reading comprehension and also helps them to understand academic texts easily and effectively. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:223472023-10-17T01:04:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22347/ Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy Khataee, Elnaz Khataee, Elham Khataee, Mohammad Javad Khademi, Hanif This paper has arisen from diligent studies on the reading comprehension ability of biology students in the university EFL context. The purpose of the paper is to enhance biology students’ academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy inspired from the word “REVOLUTION”. The strategy is introduced in the present paper and it is developed and implemented for the first time in reading comprehension instruction. To collect the relevant data, a questionnaire, interviews, reading comprehension texts and tests were used. Participants were 67 EFL learners studying plant biology at two universities in Iran. They were assigned into two groups of experimental and control. In the experimental group, the REVOLUTION strategy was used as a treatment in teaching reading comprehension, while in the control group, the teacher read out the text and asked students to listen, the teacher was supposed to answer the students' important questions. The main findings of the study showed that when the teacher applied the REVOLUTION strategy, the students had a much better performance on the reading comprehension tests. The conclusion to be drawn from this study is that the implementation of this strategy can be useful in improving the reading comprehension of university students, it enhances learners’ academic achievement in reading comprehension and also helps them to understand academic texts easily and effectively. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22347/1/A%2011.pdf Khataee, Elnaz and Khataee, Elham and Khataee, Mohammad Javad and Khademi, Hanif (2023) Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 15 (1). pp. 185-209. ISSN 1985-5826 https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajtlhe/index |
| spellingShingle | Khataee, Elnaz Khataee, Elham Khataee, Mohammad Javad Khademi, Hanif Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title | Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title_full | Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title_short | Enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “REVOLUTION” strategy |
| title_sort | enhancing biology students' academic achievement in reading comprehension through an innovative strategy in university context: “revolution” strategy |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22347/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22347/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22347/1/A%2011.pdf |