International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 9
First page : ( 164) Last page : ( 177)
Online ISSN : 2249–2496.

Impact of educo-Cultural status on reading comprehension skill in first language

Patra Biswajit, Prof Mukherjee Debiprasanna, Tattwasarananda Swami, Patra Biswajit

Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur Math, Howrah

Online published on 5 August, 2019.

Abstract

Reading comprehension is the procedure of making meaning from text. The goal, therefore, is to gain an overall understanding of what is described in the text rather than to get meaning from isolated words or sentences. The objectives of the study were to compare the reading comprehension ability among the students with different Educo-Cultural status. It was tested by Educo-cultural Status Scale and two types of comprehension tests. Tests were administered on 684 samples from 16 schools of West Bengal. The collected data were analyzed by statistical procedure ANOVA. The major findings were observed that in M.C.Q. Test high ECS is better than moderate ECS, and moderate ECS is better than low ECS. In the performance of Cloze Test high and moderate ECS are scored better than low ECS whereas moderate and high ECS do not differ with each other. In the performance of both test (MCQ Test & Cloze Test), students with moderate and high ECS are better than students with low ECS, whereas students with moderate and high ECS do not differ from each other. The probable causes behind this type of result were discussed.

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Keywords

Reading comprehension, M.C.Q. Test, Cloze Test, Educo-Cultural Status (ECS).

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