DIFFERENCES IN EFFECTS OF SUMMARIZING SKILLS TRAINING BY 4TH GRADE STUDENTS

• Authors: Pirc Tina , Pečjak Sonja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study presents the effects of a 6-month intervention program for training students in using summarizing skills by informational texts. A total of 114 4th grade students and 5 of their teachers, who implemented the program, participated in the experimental group (EG), 76 students were in the control group (CG). We examined the students’ skill of summarizing with a pre-, post- and a follow-up test. All students were divided into four groups according to their general reading competency (GRC) at pre-test: struggling, at-risk, average and good readers. We found: 1) important progress in summarizing by all groups of readers (EG and CG), with a more extensive progress made by readers in the EG; 2) stable proficiency differences between students in summarizing in general and in the elements of the summary (main ideas and coherence of text). The implications for further research and practice are discussed.

Keywords

EN

SUMMARIZING; STUDENTS; INFORMATIONAL TEXTS; INTERVENTION

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: Pečjak

Contributors

author

Pirc Tina

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Psychology, Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Pečjak Sonja

Identifiers

DOI

10.21909/sp.2018.04.765