Perception of Secondary Teachers in Teaching Reading in the Content Area

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS1

Introduction1

Reliability and Validity of Research Instrument1

Questionnaire analysis2

Part 1: Background2

Part 2: Perception of Reading6

Part 3: Perception Of Confidence, Competence, And Effectiveness8

Part 4 Researched Strategies11

Overall Findings of Researched Strategies21

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION23

REFERENCES24

APPENDIX25

IRB Form25

Questionnaire28

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

Pilot studies can prove to be useful in determining the feasibility of a study and testing the proposed methods, measurements, and procedures . In the case of this study, the questionnaire will need to be piloted. It will be piloted before official use to establish content validity and reliability. Content validity refers to how well the conclusions from content of the test samples, the subject matter, or situation are drawn. Participants in the pilot study will be secondary teachers from a neighboring school system with similar characteristics. The secondary school teachers will be asked to complete the four part research instrument and make suggestions for any necessary change relative to clarity and inclusion of statements that would contribute to the purposes of this study. Results from the pilot study will be reported.

Reliability and Validity of Research Instrument

The findings of the present study can be claimed as reliable since the subject of the investigation is related to the perception of secondary teachers on incorporating reading in the content area. Therefore, the secondary school teachers were selected to be the targeted population of the present research. This population turned out to be the best possible addressees related to the study, which has been useful for assuring the validity and reliability of the study. Moreover the data collection methods employed by the study have also generated the most relevant data, which includes the first hand information derived from survey.

The determination of validity of a research specifically the primary research is of prime significance. Validity of results is concerned with the accuracy of the calculated determinants in the research and itself is a vital determinant in the design of the used instrument. The questions included in the survey questionnaire of this study were constructed from literature and with the intention of keeping the survey simple and understandable to the respondents so as to extract comprehensive results out of the collected data.

Questionnaire analysis

Part 1: Background

Gender

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Male

4

66.7

66.7

66.7

Female

2

33.3

33.3

100.0

Total

6

100.0

100.0

The above table shows the gender distribution of the respondents of the study. The table shows that majority of the respondents i.e. 33 percent were females while the rest of the 67 percent were male teachers.

Age

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

27

1

16.7

16.7

16.7

43

3

50.0

50.0

66.7

45

1

16.7

16.7

83.3

51

1

16.7

16.7

100.0

Total

6

100.0

100.0

The above table and pie chart presents the age distribution of respondents. 50 percent of the respondents are from 43 years of age.

Degree Level

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

M=Masters

5

83.3

83.3

83.3

E=Educational Specialist

1

16.7

16.7

100.0

Total

6

100.0

100.0

The above stated table presents the degree or educational qualification of the respondents. There were 83 percent of the respondents having the master's degree. There were 1 percent of the respondents who had an education specialist degree.

Experience Teaching

N

Range

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

exper.teaching

6

18.00

3

21

10.5

8.1670

Valid N (listwise)

6

The above stated table presents the experiences of teaching of the teachers taken for this study. The above table shows that majority of the ...