The Effectiveness of an Educational Program based on Reciprocal Teaching Strategy for Developing Reading Comprehension Skills among Lower Basic Stage Students at Public Schools at Al Aqaba Directorate of Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an educational program based on reciprocal teaching strategy for developing reading comprehension skills among lower basic stage students at public schools at Al Aqaba Directorate of Education, the study population consisted of all students in the third, fourth and fifth grades in Aqaba Governorate at Faisal II Elementary School for Boys and Salman Al Farsi Primary School for Boys, their number is about (430) students. The final sample of the study consisted of (60) students where two groups were formed: (30) students in the experimental group and (30) students in the control group. They were selected from among the students in the third, fourth and fifth grades in these two schools at Al Aqaba Directorate of Education. To achieve the objective of the study, three reading texts were used from the curriculum content in the third, fourth, and fifth grades to make sure of possession of pupils of correct reading skills, and test reading comprehension skills (prepared by the researcher), And the educational program based on a reciprocal teaching strategy to develop comprehension reading skills. The results of the study revealed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the two groups, experimental and control in reading comprehension skills on the post-test is attributable to the educational program, for the benefit of the experimental group, this indicates improvement of the students marks who have been treated in reading comprehension. And also a lack of statistically significant differences between mean scores of experimental group members in reading comprehension skills on the post-test in the third, fourth, and fifth grades attributed to the educational program, this shows that the benefit of the program was the same degree or level. The results of the study: There are no statistically significant differences between the mean of the marks of the students of the experimental group in the skills of reading comprehension in Post-test and their marks on the follow-up test are attributed to the educational program. In the light of the results, a set of recommendations were made can be used to alleviate the difficulties of reading among basic school students.

Keywords: Reciprocal Teaching Strategy, Lower Basic Stage Students, Reading Comprehension Skills