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Introduction
One of the most important things you can do on a child is to encourage him/her to read.
Reading is one of the most important skills. Being able to read will give a child an advantage in
An individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of
which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition is difficult, students use too much of
their processing capacity to read individual words, which interferes with their ability to
comprehend what is read. There are a number of approaches to improve reading comprehension,
understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written and how they trigger
knowledge outside the text/message .Proficient reading depends on the ability to recognize words
"the construction of thought processes". Some people learn through education or instruction and
reader has to decide linguistic symbol and reconstruct them up to meaningful whole intended by
the writer .reading comprehension is only a term referring to reading skill through the important
thing is not on the pronouncing or load reading, but it is the understanding taken into consideration.
Comprehension includes recognizing and understanding a main idea and related details. A good
recognized that many ideas are implied and he must read between the lines to get the full meaning.
There are specific traits that determine how successfully an individual will comprehend text,
including prior knowledge about the subject, well developed language, and the ability to make
inferences. Having the skill to monitor comprehension is a factor: "Why is this important?" and
"Do I need to read the entire text?" are examples. Lastly, is the ability to be self-correcting to solve
The childs early experience with literacy-related activities is highly correlated to the
childs success with reading. It is important to consider a childs development level when choosing
appropriate activities. Early enjoyable pre-reading experiences set the stage for child gains
knowledge that will serve as the foundation for future learning reading as he or she enters the
The area of focus for my project is improving Reading Comprehension Through the
Use of Higher Order Thinking Skill Activities. Without the solid foundation of reading skill the
researcher feels the children will be struggle hard throughout their schooling and adult life. By
learning the best comprehension strategies and how to best teach these strategies to the pupils,
the researcher hopes to provide the solid foundation needed to succeed . Although the school's
NAT result has meet or exceed its expectation, still the researcher has a thought of a way to
improve it. In reading class, the grade three pupils scored 84%, but the scores dropped in the 4th
grade. So the researcher concludes that the pupils score decreases because of the pupils have
very poor higher - order thinking skills to increase reading test scores and develop meaningful
As the researcher of this research, I have found out that many of my pupils in grade III
are able to read fluently, but still have difficulty in answering the "how" and "why" questions. I
am hoping that by incorporating higher order thinking skills my pupils would be able to transfer
and make connections to reading. This is important in order for a child to be successful. I feel that
incorporating reading strategies and showing students how to reflect about what they have read,
would improve their reading comprehension and to become life-long learners. I am looking
forward to working on this area of concern, and sharing my findings with my co-teachers.
The study will be deemed important for the proper recognition of the improving Reading
Comprehension Through the use of higher - order thinking activities on the academic Performance
of the grade III pupils, Likewise, the findings of this research may prove useful to the following,
to wit;
Pupils. Having a clearer view and firsthand experience of the teacher's performance,
this will further enhance pupil's knowledge of the importance of mastering the basic skills of their
competencies so they will make an effort to do best. This may lead to better enthusiasm and
Teachers. This study may heighten their awareness in identifying the learning tasks
that are well developed as well as the least. This may further be a motivating factor to adapt
the needs of their children with regards to improving their reading comprehension.
administrators and supervisors help their teachers upgrade their teaching performance in
improving reading comprehension through closer supervision and faculty development and
training programs.
the use of the results of the study, any educational upliftment will benefit the municipality of
Midsayap as it may improve the quality of working force of the municipality or the quality of life
Curriculum Planners. The findings of this study may assists the planners in the proper
Community. The result of this study may benefit the community in as much they know
that the teachers of their children are equipped with the necessary tools and competence in teaching
them.
Researcher Himself. This may serve as inspiration in teaching his pupils above and
may serve as guide for other researcher in framing their conceptual framework and design and at
the same time encourage them to conduct lateral studies within their area of preferences.
The general focus of the present study was on the Improving Reading Comprehension
Through the use of Higher Order Thinking Skills Activities of the grade I pupils in Nabalawag
Elementary School, Midsayap West District, and Division of Cotabato. The study covered the
PHIL-IRI assessment result of the school year 2011-2012 utilizing the post -test. The aspects in
Improving Reading Comprehension that the present study will look into the different reading
skills to read the Bible, read literature for enjoyment, learn history, science and other subjects
Clay ( 2000 ) states that children with parents who have a high degree of educational
attainment, parents that lived to read and read with their children, these reveals that children will
greatly engage in reading. Especially parents who are much concerned with the educational
processing and deep (high-level) processing. Deep processing involves semantic processing,
which happens when we encode the meaning of a word and relate it to similar words. Shallow
processing involves structural and phonemic recognition, the processing of sentence and word
structure and their associated sounds (Fergus I. M. Craik and Robert S. Lockhart).
Anthony Manzo (1969 ) designed and found empirical support for the ReQuest, or
Reciprocal Questioning Procedure, it was the first method to convert emerging theories of social
and imitation learning into teaching methods through the use of a talk rotation between students
Methodology
A. Research Design
This study employ the pre-Experimental one shot case study. According to De Jesus, the
pre experimental one shot case study is a design in which a single group is only studied once,
strategies by naming the strategy and how it should be used, modelling trough think aloud process,
The second tool used was the Phil-Iri test administered to the pupils in the grade III pupils
in the first week of July, 2014. This tool used to determine student growth in reading
Comprehension.
The teacher observation checklist was used by the researcher to gather data throughout
the intervention. This tool provides information of changes on how well his pupils understand
B. Sampling Design
Purposive sampling was employed in selecting pupils - respondent of the study.
The pupils who were selected were enrolled in the third grade class for the school year 2014-
2015.
The Meta comprehension Strategy Index had a total of 25 questions divided into three
parts that asked about the strategies pupils used to help them better understand the story. Part I of
MSI is consist of statement about the strategies used prior to reading a story, Part II of the MSI
consist of statement about the strategies used while reading a story, and the part III of the MSI
consist of statement about the strategies used after reading the story.
Prepared by:
RIZA BAI DUBPALEG
Teacher- I
Noted:
ESMAIL SAPAD
School Head
Recommending Approval:
MAGSAYSAY U. SABANG
District Supervisor
Approved:
OMAR A. OBAS CESO VI
Schools Division Superintendent