Students' usage of reading strategies in the faculty of education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the frequency level of reading strategies that the college students use while they are reading the academic materials and to examine these strategies according to some variables. The sample of the study consists of 230 college students attending the Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University. Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ) developed by Taraban and his collegues (2004) and adapted to Turkish by Cogmen (2008) was used as the data instrument of the research. In this study, statistical techniqes such as mean, standard deviation, correlation, the t-test, one way ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests for independent samples were used. According to the findings; the frequency level of the reading strategies that the students use was found "I often use" level. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved