Our research area is actually Using Graphic Novels to improve reading comprehension and motivate reluctant readers.
We refined our survey questions and set to work on 10 MCQ questions based on the Graphic Novel 'Kim'. We have started piloting the project and probably complete by next Wednesday before we start piloting with our control group. Esther and I found typing the text kinda of tedious. Mr Rama and Sharifah helped us to type the text. That saves time.
On 31 March, we set to prepare the implementation of our post test to find out whether students understood what they read. Class 212 reported to the AVA theatrette at 8.40 am and the test and survey were administered for 15 mins. Esther was tasked to mark the MCQ test and collate both the survey and test results. I will prepare the reports after that. Next Wednesday, we will start to prepare to pilot the test with the control group. We are excited to know the outcome of our project.
33 respondents sat for a fifteen minute written test last Wednesday during the Silent Reading period. They answered ten multiple choice questions of various items - direct, inferential, vocabulary and language questions. To control our variables, test takers sat for the test in the AVA theatrette. Upon completion test, test takers answered 10 survey questions.
88% of our respondents passed the test. We will analyse the survey by this week and start piloting the test with the control group on Friday.
On Tuesday (13 April), we conducted our experiment on our control group (Class 211). Right after the flag raising ceremony in the morning (during Silent Reading time), the class reported to the library where we administered the test. A total of 37 respondents sat for the test.
We gave them the reading comprehension (the whole text of Kim typed out) and the same set of MCQ (10 questions). However, we changed some phrasing of certain words in some questions. For instance, the questions given to the experiment group (Class 212) included phrases like, "According to the first frame on Page 47...", whereas the questions given to the control group (Class 211) were changed to "According to the passage..." .
However, due to the shortage of time, the students were unable to complete the entire comprehension. We therefore continued during their English lesson (with Mr Rajoo and Ms Esther Tan). All the students were given 20 minutes to finish up the comprehension test.
Esther was then tasked to mark the MCQ test scripts and collate the test results.
70% of our respondents in the control group passed the test.
The percentage passes may not appear to be too big a difference. However, upon further analysis, we discovered that for the experiment group (Class 212), majority of respondents obtained 7-8 marks out of 10. Seven students had 8/10 while eight students had 7/10. On the other hand, majority of respondents in the control group (Class 211) obtained only 5/10 marks (a total of 10 students). These ten students therefore created the spike in passes for the control group. However, comparing the marks, it is obvious that the experiment group did significantly better than the control group.
Upon the completion of the administering of the tests, we observed that the control group experienced an element of guessing when attempting the MCQ.
My partner was on medical leave last week, so I decided to take a well-deserved break because we have completed our project. Today, Esther will be preparing the slides based on the report I've prepared and we hope to share during the June staff seminar (if possible).
Our research area is actually Using Graphic Novels to improve reading comprehension and motivate reluctant readers.
ReplyDeleteWe refined our survey questions and set to work on 10 MCQ questions based on the Graphic Novel 'Kim'. We have started piloting the project and probably complete by next Wednesday before we start piloting with our control group. Esther and I found typing the text kinda of tedious. Mr Rama and Sharifah helped us to type the text. That saves time.
On 31 March, we set to prepare the implementation of our post test to find out whether students understood what they read. Class 212 reported to the AVA theatrette at 8.40 am and the test and survey were administered for 15 mins. Esther was tasked to mark the MCQ test and collate both the survey and test results. I will prepare the reports after that. Next Wednesday, we will start to prepare to pilot the test with the control group. We are excited to know the outcome of our project.
ReplyDelete33 respondents sat for a fifteen minute written test last Wednesday during the Silent Reading period. They answered ten multiple choice questions of various items - direct, inferential, vocabulary and language questions. To control our variables, test takers sat for the test in the AVA theatrette. Upon completion test, test takers answered 10 survey questions.
ReplyDelete88% of our respondents passed the test. We will analyse the survey by this week and start piloting the test with the control group on Friday.
On Tuesday (13 April), we conducted our experiment on our control group (Class 211). Right after the flag raising ceremony in the morning (during Silent Reading time), the class reported to the library where we administered the test. A total of 37 respondents sat for the test.
ReplyDeleteWe gave them the reading comprehension (the whole text of Kim typed out) and the same set of MCQ (10 questions). However, we changed some phrasing of certain words in some questions. For instance, the questions given to the experiment group (Class 212) included phrases like, "According to the first frame on Page 47...", whereas the questions given to the control group (Class 211) were changed to "According to the passage..." .
However, due to the shortage of time, the students were unable to complete the entire comprehension. We therefore continued during their English lesson (with Mr Rajoo and Ms Esther Tan). All the students were given 20 minutes to finish up the comprehension test.
Esther was then tasked to mark the MCQ test scripts and collate the test results.
70% of our respondents in the control group passed the test.
The percentage passes may not appear to be too big a difference. However, upon further analysis, we discovered that for the experiment group (Class 212), majority of respondents obtained 7-8 marks out of 10. Seven students had 8/10 while eight students had 7/10. On the other hand, majority of respondents in the control group (Class 211) obtained only 5/10 marks (a total of 10 students). These ten students therefore created the spike in passes for the control group. However, comparing the marks, it is obvious that the experiment group did significantly better than the control group.
Upon the completion of the administering of the tests, we observed that the control group experienced an element of guessing when attempting the MCQ.
My partner was on medical leave last week, so I decided to take a well-deserved break because we have completed our project. Today, Esther will be preparing the slides based on the report I've prepared and we hope to share during the June staff seminar (if possible).
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