Comprehension of English Text among Saudi Arabian and American Undergraduates / Lauren Menard and Kimberly Walker McAlister.
Reading comprehension was investigated between undergraduates at a university in Louisiana, United States (n = 17) and an English-based university in Saudi Arabia (n = 41) for the purpose of comparing variance and proficiency. Comprehension was measured with an 8th grade curriculum-based measure adm...
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| Summary: | Reading comprehension was investigated between undergraduates at a university in Louisiana, United States (n = 17) and an English-based university in Saudi Arabia (n = 41) for the purpose of comparing variance and proficiency. Comprehension was measured with an 8th grade curriculum-based measure administered in English. The research hypothesis of a larger proportion proficient (60% or higher) from the university within the United States (99%) than the proportion proficient from an English-based university in Saudi Arabia (49%) was revealed in data (?[superscript 2] = 10.49, p = 0.0012). Greater variance in reading comprehension was expected at the English-based university in the non-English speaking country because of non-standardization of English instruction in k-12 programming. Analysis of sample variance in student data from Prince Mohammad bin fahd University (s[superscript 2] = 11.575) and Northwestern State University (s[superscript 2] = 4.639) confirmed this expectation. |
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| Item Description: | Abstractor: As Provided. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (9 pages) |
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| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (Knoxville, TN, Nov 5-7, 2014). |