Perception of Secondary Teachers on Incorporating Reading in the Content Area

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS1

Data analysis1

Descriptive Statistics1

Part 1: Background1

Research Question 1:4

Perception Of Reading4

Research Question 2:9

Perception Of Confidence, Competence, And Effectiveness9

Research Question 3:18

KWL Strategy18

Cloze23

Summarization28

Vocabulary Instruction through Interactive Word Walls33

SQ3R38

Inferential statistics44

Research Question 4:44

Correlations44

Hypothesis46

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION47

Recommendations for Future Research49

Recommendation 149

Recommendation 250

Recommendation 350

Recommendation 450

Recommendation 551

Recommendations for Practice51

Recommendation 151

Recommendation 252

Recommendation 352

Recommendation 453

REFERENCES54

APPENDICES58

Perception Of Reading59

Perception of Confidence, Competence, and Effectiveness62

KWL Strategy66

Cloze69

Summarization72

Vocabulary Instruction through Interactive Word Walls75

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

Data analysis

The researcher collected the data through a questionnaire. The tool used for data analysis was SPSS. The researcher used the descriptive and hypothesis testing to study the results. This study is concurrent in nature.

Descriptive Statistics

Part 1: Background

Gender

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

female

33

70.2

70.2

70.2

male

14

29.8

29.8

100.0

Total

47

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. 70 percent were females while the rest of the 30 percent were male teachers.

AGE

N

Range

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

age

44

41

23

64

42.77

12.011

Valid N

44

The above stated table presents the age distribution of the teachers taken for this study. The above table shows that majority of the teachers were 42 years. The teacher with minimum age was 23 years while the oldest teacher was 64 years. Although the total number of sample for this study was 47 but about 3 respondents didn't respond to this question.

Degree

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Bachelors

13

27.7

27.7

27.7

Doctorate

1

2.1

2.1

29.8

Educational Specialist

4

8.5

8.5

38.3

Masters

29

61.7

61.7

100.0

Total

47

100.0

100.0

The above stated table presents the degree or educational qualification of the respondents. There were 27 percent of the respondents having the bachelor's degree. There were 2 percent of the respondents who had a doctorate degree. There were 8 percent of the respondents who were educational specialists. There were 61.7 percent of the respondents who had a master's degree.

Experience Teaching

N

Range

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

exper.teaching

40

38.00

1.00

39.00

13.2750

10.32296

Valid N (listwise)

40

The above stated table presents the experiences of teaching of the teachers taken for this study. The above table shows that majority of the teachers had an experience of 13 years. The teacher with minimum experience was 1 years while the teacher maximum experience was 39 years. Although the total number of sample for this study was 47 but about 7 respondents didn't respond to this question.

Certification

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Elementary

1

2.1

2.1

2.1

Secondary

39

83.0

83.0

85.1

K-12

7

14.9

14.9

100.0

Total

47

100.0

100.0

The above stated table presents the certification of the respondents. There were 2 percent of the respondents having the elementary level certification. There were 83 percent of the respondents having the secondary level certification. There were 15 percent of the respondents having the K 12 level certification.

Professional development hours

N

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

hours

40

8.00

300.00

51.1750

61.60914

Valid N (listwise)

40

The above stated table presents the number of hours for professional developers of the respondents taken for this study. The above table shows that majority of the teachers has spent 5 hours for professional development. The minimum hours spent for professional development by teachers was 8 hours while maximum number of hours spent by teachers was about 300 hours. Although the total number of sample for this study was 47 but about 7 respondents didn't respond to this question.

Professional development hours in reading

N

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

hours

41

.00

70.00

11.2927

14.85134

Valid N (listwise)

41

The above stated table presents the number of hours for professional development in reading of the respondents taken for ...