Date of Award
4-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua
Second Advisor
Dr. Richard Malott
Third Advisor
Dr. Chris Koronakos
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Twelve college students volunteered to participate in a special section of an introductory psychology course at Western Michigan University. A multiple baseline design across groups was used to assess differences in reading comprehension between students who received study objectives written by the instructor and students trained to write their own study objectives. Quizzes and examinations were used to assess students' reading comprehension of course materials. A comparison of pre- and post-test scores on the Nelson-Denny Reading Comprehension Test was used to determine whether students had acquired skills which aided their comprehension of other materials. Results indicated no statistically significant differences between groups on quizzes, examinations or on the pre/post-test measures. However, students scoring below the 50th percentile on the comprehension pretest showed significant gains on the post-test, t(7) = -5.801, P<.05, suggesting acquisition of general reading comprehension skills.
Recommended Citation
Pratt, Helen Diann, "A Comparison of the Effects of Student-Generated Versus Instructor-Generated Questions on the Comprehension of Written Material" (1984). Masters Theses. 1521.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1521