The relationship between gender and reading comprehension at college level
Joint Authors
Abd al-Kazim, Muhsin R.
Awdah, Ala Husayn
Source
Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities
Issue
Vol. 42, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.426-442, 17 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
study investigates the relationship between gender and reading comprehension achievement at college level.
This study follows Barrett’s Taxonomy in dividing reading comprehension into several levels (Literal, Inferential, Critical, and Appreciative),It compares the achievement of the two groups of gender (males and females) on each of the four levels of reading comprehension in order to see the relationship between gender and reading comprehension.
The participants are 154 students (males and females), and they have to answer twenty open-ended questions.
Data analysis is done by SPSS software according to T-test formula.
The result of the study shows that there are no statistically significant differences between the two groups of gender on three levels of reading comprehension (literal, inferential, and appreciative), but for the “critical level”, females are outperforming males to a statistically significant level.
The study suggests the need for future studies about the relationship between gender and reading comprehension but with larger sample and wider context (more than one context) as well as different methodology especially different test forms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Awdah, Ala Husayn& Abd al-Kazim, Muhsin R.. 2017. The relationship between gender and reading comprehension at college level. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities،Vol. 42, no. 6, pp.426-442.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838303
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Awdah, Ala Husayn& Abd al-Kazim, Muhsin R.. The relationship between gender and reading comprehension at college level. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities Vol. 42, no. 6 (2017), pp.426-442.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838303
American Medical Association (AMA)
Awdah, Ala Husayn& Abd al-Kazim, Muhsin R.. The relationship between gender and reading comprehension at college level. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities. 2017. Vol. 42, no. 6, pp.426-442.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838303
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 440-441
Record ID
BIM-838303