Metacognitive reflection and digital skills-based reading training in French minority language schools ...

This study investigated students’ reading performance and how it relates to the use of a digital reading training program combined with the use of metacognitive reflection. The participants were five grade 8 students, aged 13 and 14 years old, at a French minority language school in Newfoundland. Th...

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Main Author: Diamond, Ashley
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2023
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/7jwt-wb21
https://research.library.mun.ca/16234/
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Summary:This study investigated students’ reading performance and how it relates to the use of a digital reading training program combined with the use of metacognitive reflection. The participants were five grade 8 students, aged 13 and 14 years old, at a French minority language school in Newfoundland. The data were collected using the following instruments: a demographic questionnaire, a pre- and post-test reading performance assessment, the ELSAweb reading skills training program, and a metacognitive reflection questionnaire. The results were analyzed by comparing reading speed before and after the study, computing growth scores for reading comprehension before and after the study, and descriptive statistics to measure the outcomes of the ELSAweb training program and metacognitive reflection questionnaire. The results of the study suggest that there is a positive relationship between students’ reading performance and their use of the ELSAweb training program simultaneously with the metacognitive reflection ...