ERIC Number: EJ1305740
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Reading Strategies Used by Undergraduate University General Education Courses for Students in US and Qatar
Reading Psychology, v42 n6 p663-679 2021
This study assessed the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies of undergraduate university students in US and Qatar in reading academic materials. To achieve this, the participants were administered the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI). The inventory consists of three groups of reading strategies, namely global reading strategies, problem-solving strategies, and support reading strategies. It was given to 127 students (mean age = 21.03 years) in US and 134 students (mean age = 19.78 years) in Qatar enrolled in university general education courses. Descriptive statistics was applied in the data analysis. US and Qatar students were overall highly aware of metacognitive reading strategies, and the groups of strategies that were most used were problem-solving strategies, followed by global reading strategies, and then support reading strategies. The five strategies with the highest use were problem-solving strategies.
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Undergraduate Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Academic Language, Measures (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Qatar; United States
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