Assessment of Reading Comprehension Skills in University Students

大學學生閱讀能力之評估

薛紹楣(Connie Shiue) ； 閻艾琳(Ai-Lin Yen)

《國防大學通識教育學報》 6期 (2016/07) Pp. 65-77

摘要

本研究主要在探討台灣大學生的閱讀理解能力。遺憾地是，由於許多學生缺乏閱讀的能力，以致於在閱讀的過程當中無法理解閱讀的內容而產生挫折感，甚至排斥閱讀。然而，研究顯示，重複閱讀在一定程度上可以幫助學生提高閱讀的流暢程度和理解能力;但如果仔細觀察，則發現事實上學生並不真正理解課文的內容。如果學習者要吸收課文的意思並了解課文內容，閱讀的理解能力是不可或缺的要素。理解能力是學習的基礎。理解能力可以輔助許多活動，例如發展背景知識、提出問題、進行預測、查看文章的說明圖表或者其他的插圖等等；另外，理解能力也讓學習者可以了解如何使用語言。在此研究中，學生被分成兩組（實驗組與控制組）針對相同的文章進行閱讀前測。實驗組的學生在為期三個月的閱讀能力加強與訓練之後，再進行閱讀後測。控制組的學生也是在三個月的時間裡學習同樣的文章內容，但不特別加強訓練的方式進行後測。本研究使用統計的左右尾檢定來分析測試結果。

關鍵字

閱讀理解 ； 閱讀流暢度 ； 理解能力 ； 大學學生

並列摘要

This study examines the development of reading comprehension in university level students in Taiwan. Reading is a skill that, unfortunately, many students lack. This deficiency makes students depressed and frustrated, and overwhelmed by the act of reading. However, research suggests that repeated reading may help students to improve their fluency and understanding to a certain extent; but a closer examination reveals that they do not really understand what the text is about. Comprehension skills are essential if the learner is to assimilate the meaning of the text and thereby understand the content. Comprehension forms the basis of learning. Comprehension skills can be aided in a number of ways, including the development of background knowledge, asking questions, making predictions, looking at charts and other illustrations where textual content is explained, as well as the way in which language is used in the text. In this research, students are divided into two groups (experimental group and control group) and tested on reading material as a pre-test. The experimental group, after a treatment period of three months, with their comprehension skills having also developed, is given a post-test. A second group (the control group) is taught with the same material and in a routine way without emphasis on the development of comprehension skills. The results are analyzed using statistical techniques of two-tailed test and represented graphically.

並列關鍵字

reading comprehension ； reading fluency ； comprehension skills ； university students