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 ...