IM PROV ING T HE T E NTH GRAD E S T UD E NTS ’ R E AD ING COM PREHE NSIO N AC HIE VEM E NT T H ROUGH S M ALL GROUP WORKING T E CHNIQUE A T S M AN 1 S RONO
Abstract
This
c
lassro
om
a
c
ti
on
r
e
se
a
r
c
h
w
a
s
int
e
nd
e
d
to
im
pr
ove
the
gr
a
de
X.5
students’
re
a
ding
c
ompr
e
he
nsion
a
c
hi
e
ve
ment
b
y
using
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
.
Th
e
students
of
c
lass
X.5
a
t
S
MA
N
e
ge
ri
1
S
r
ono
w
a
s
c
hos
e
n
a
s
the
subj
e
ct
s
due
to t
he
ir diff
i
c
ult
ies in c
ompre
he
nding
the r
e
a
ding t
e
xt.
This cla
ssroom a
c
ti
on re
s
e
a
rc
h
wa
s
done
in
two
c
y
c
les in whic
h
e
a
c
h c
y
c
l
e
c
ove
re
d
the
stage
s
of
pl
a
nning
the
a
c
ti
on,
im
ple
menting
the
a
c
ti
on
,
obse
rva
ti
on
a
nd
re
fle
c
ti
on
of
the
a
c
ti
on
.
The
n,
e
a
c
h
c
y
c
le
wa
s
c
onduc
ted
in
two
mee
ti
n
gs.
The
da
ta
a
bout
the
students
’
re
a
ding
c
ompre
h
e
nsion
a
c
hieve
m
e
nt
we
r
e
c
o
ll
e
c
ted
through
re
a
ding
c
ompre
he
nsion
test
in
e
a
c
h
a
c
ti
on
.
Obse
rva
ti
on
wa
s
used
to
moni
tor
the
pr
oc
e
ss
of
te
a
c
hing
re
a
ding
through
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
a
nd
the
students’ pa
rticip
a
ti
on.
F
ur
ther
,
ther
e
we
r
e
21
students
of
34
students
ha
ving
re
a
din
g
c
om
pr
e
he
nsion
a
c
hieve
ment
sc
or
e
≥
7
5.
The
a
ve
ra
ge
o
f
students
’
re
a
d
ing
sc
or
e
wa
s
74.
38.
I
t
mea
ns
th
a
t
the
ta
rge
ted
p
e
rc
e
nta
ge
75%
o
f
the
tot
a
l
stude
nts
obtaining
sc
or
e
a
t
lea
st
75
c
ould
not
be
a
c
hieve
d.
B
e
sides,
ba
se
d
on
the
c
lassro
om
obser
va
ti
on
that
wa
s
do
ne
in
C
y
c
le
I
,
it
wa
s
f
ound
that
the
stud
e
nts’
a
c
ti
ve
pa
rticipa
ti
on
in
tea
c
hin
g
lea
rning
pr
oc
e
ss
of
re
a
ding
throu
gh
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
h
nique
wa
s
67,
64
%
.
S
o,
the
pe
rc
e
ntage
of
the
stud
e
nts’
a
c
ti
ve
pa
rticipa
ti
on
in
the
pr
oc
e
ss
of
tea
c
hing
re
a
ding
through
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
wa
s
less
tha
n
the
tar
g
e
ted
pe
rc
e
nt
a
g
e
that
wa
s
75%.
Th
e
re
f
or
e
,
the
a
c
ti
ons
we
re
p
roc
e
e
de
d
to
the
se
c
o
nd
c
y
c
l
e
b
y
r
e
visi
ng
the
w
a
y
of
the
s
tudents
doing
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
,
that
w
a
s
the
a
c
ti
vit
ies
fr
om
doi
ng
the
a
c
ti
vit
ies
in
a
ti
me
int
o
d
oing
the
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
ac
ti
vit
i
e
s
one
b
y
one
b
e
for
e
movi
ng
t
o
the
n
e
xt
a
c
ti
vit
ies
to
make
the
stude
nts
mor
e
foc
us
in
doing
e
a
c
h
a
c
ti
vit
y
of
re
a
ding
c
ompre
he
nsion
.
B
e
sides,
the
tea
c
he
r
ga
v
e
c
lues
to
make
them e
a
sie
r in doing t
he
re
a
ding
a
c
ti
vit
ies.
The
pe
rc
e
nt
a
ge
o
f the
students who got
≥
7
5 in
re
a
ding t
e
st i
n C
y
c
le
II
wa
s
be
tt
e
r
(88,2
3
%
)
than
in
c
y
c
l
e
I
(61,7
6
%
).
The
a
ve
ra
ge
re
a
ding
t
e
st
sc
or
e
i
n
c
y
c
le
II
wa
s
81,08.
This
pe
rc
e
ntage
ha
d
fulf
il
led
the
tar
ge
ted
pe
r
c
e
ntag
e
that
wa
s
75%
of
the
students
ha
d
a
c
hieve
d
the
standa
rd
sc
or
e
that
wa
s
≥
7
5.
B
e
sid
e
s,
the
students’
a
c
ti
ve
pa
rtici
pa
ti
on
in
the
re
a
ding
tea
c
hing
lea
rning
pr
oc
e
ss
a
lso
im
pr
ove
d
fr
om
67,
7
4
%
i
n
C
y
c
l
e
I
to
82,35
%
in
C
y
c
le
II
.
Thus,
the
pe
r
c
e
ntage
of
the
students’
a
c
ti
ve
pa
rticipa
ti
on
in
the
re
a
ding
tea
c
hing
a
nd
le
a
rning
pr
oc
e
ss
through
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
ha
d
a
c
hieve
d
the
tar
ge
ted
p
e
rc
e
ntage
≥
75%.
This
mea
ns
that
both
the
students
re
a
ding
c
ompre
he
nsion
a
c
hiev
e
m
e
nt
a
nd
the
students’
a
c
ti
ve
pa
rticipa
ti
on
in
the
r
e
a
ding
te
a
c
hing
lea
rning
pr
o
c
e
ss
t
hr
ough
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
kin
g
T
e
c
hnique
im
pr
ove
d
in
c
y
c
le
II
a
nd
fulf
il
led
the
tar
ge
t
of
thi
s re
se
a
r
c
h.
B
a
se
d
on
the
re
sult
s,
it
would
be
c
onc
luded
tha
t
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
kin
g
Te
c
hnique
c
a
n
im
pr
ove
the
students’
re
a
ding
c
om
pr
e
he
nsion
a
c
hi
e
ve
ment
in
two
c
y
c
les.
The
n,
it
is
sugge
sted
to
t
he
Engl
ish
tea
c
he
r
to
use
S
mall
Gr
oup
W
or
king
Te
c
hnique
a
s
a
n
a
lt
e
rna
t
ive
method
in
t
e
a
c
hing
re
a
ding
c
ompr
e
he
nsion
s
ince
it
c
a
n incr
e
a
se
th
e
students’ r
e
a
ding
c
ompre
he
nsion
a
c
hieve
m
e
nt.