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| Describing Students' Reading Efficiency in the Use of Printed and Digital Materials
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Guilla Khristine E. Villegas, Bea Mishyl C. Badilles, Jessalou C. Ocay, Diah Mae D. Sabanal, Franz Erika S. Arcamo, Alfer Jann D. Tantog
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Abstract:
The texts and other resources that teachers use in the classroom to help students develop their literacy skills are referred to as classroom reading materials. These include textbooks, workbooks, picture books, online resources, and other resources that can help students improve their reading performance. In the 2018 PISA results, the Philippines ranked the lowest in terms of reading literacy (DepEd, 2019) and over 80% did not reach a minimum level of proficiency in reading (OECD, 2019). Reading Efficiency is a critical component of reading proficiency (Reading Plus, 2019) and is commonly associated with reading speed and comprehension (Berget & Fagernes, 2021. Students who read efficiently focus more on understanding the actual meaning of the text rather than focusing on the mechanics of reading (Reading Plus, 2019). Many studies have been conducted about reading comprehension and reading materials, however, only a few are about reading efficiency. In the present study, the reading efficiency of students in the use of printed and digital materials was examined. Thirty-four students were examined through a 10-item questionnaire and two sets of tests - one for the Print Material and one for the Digital Material. For the first test (Printed Material) the overall scores of the students were 87.38 and for the second test (Digital Material) the overall score of the students was 92.29 which shows that students got a higher score in reading efficiency in the test for the Digital Material than the Printed Material. However, results showed that there is no significant difference between the reading efficiency of 2nd year BSED major in English using both formats. Thus, educators should consider incorporating both formats in their instructional approaches considering that there's no significant difference in the students reading efficiency in using Print or Digital material.
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