Strategic processing of academic text: identifying a strategic reader / Bromeley Philip and Nelson Anak Martin Noel

Philip, Bromeley and Martin Noel, Nelson (2017) Strategic processing of academic text: identifying a strategic reader / Bromeley Philip and Nelson Anak Martin Noel. Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT), 5 (2). pp. 37-51. ISSN 1823-464X

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the strategic processing of an academic text by students to discover
the types of strategies employed. The research employed a qualitative case study method to
investigate the cognitive processes that the subjects experienced as they were engaged in a
reading task. The study was conducted at Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak (UiTMS)
involving 10 out of 23 students from the Bachelor of Administrative Science (BAS) Programme,
where permission was obtained from both the university and the respondents. The number of
sample was small because the study focused on individual cases to generate data on strategic
processing. The subjects were given an academic text to read in one lecture session and
immediately after the silent reading session, the subjects were required to do retrospective
written recall protocols (RWRP). The RWRPs of the subjects were inter-rated and analysed for
the presence and occurrence of strategies which were identified using the Metacognitive
Awareness Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) as guideline for interpretation. The findings
revealed that the subjects were actively engaging strategic processing; they were using
strategies to make meaning from the text. It was found that the subjects used more of global and
support strategies rather than problem-solving strategies. Hence, it is possible to say that the
subjects were strategic in their reading approach as evidenced from the analysis of the written
protocols.

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Item Type: Article
Creators:
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Philip, Bromeley
bromeley@sarawak.uitm.edu.my
Martin Noel, Nelson
nelson109@sarawak.uitm.edu.my
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Systems of individual educators and writers
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > Study and teaching. Research
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > Study and teaching. Research > Reading
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT)
ISSN: 1823-464X
Volume: 5
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 37-51
Keywords: Strategy. Cognitive. Written Protocols. Metacognitive. Awareness.
Date: 2017
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30328
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