The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes
Objective: This study investigated the effects of dynamic assessment (DA) on Iranian ESP university students' reading comprehension strategies and motivation. Furthermore, the views of Iranian ESP university students concerning DA were examined. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental...
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| description | Objective: This study investigated the effects of dynamic assessment (DA) on Iranian ESP university students' reading comprehension strategies and motivation. Furthermore, the views of Iranian ESP university students concerning DA were examined.
Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental methodology to recruit 80 Ph.D. students as the sample. The participants were separated into two groups: control (CG) and experimental (EG). Then, two questionnaires about metacognitive strategies and reading motivation (RM) were delivered to them. Following that, the sandwich style of DA was used to educate the EG to read psychological materials while the CG was trained in the traditional manner. After teaching 13 texts to the groups, the aforesaid questionnaires were administered again, together with the attitude questionnaire, to determine the impact of the intervention and to better comprehend the participants’ opinions regarding the use of DA.
Results: The findings of the ANCOVA test showed that the EG outperformed the CG on the two post-tests of reading comprehension techniques and motivation. Furthermore, the findings of the one-sample t-test demonstrated that Iranian ESP university students had positive attitudes regarding DA.
Conclusions: The study highlights that dynamic assessment (DA) effectively improves reading comprehension strategies and motivation among Iranian ESP students, with the experimental group outperforming the control group. Participants also expressed positive attitudes toward DA, emphasizing its potential as a valuable instructional method. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b1ac1cfc58314c049e5426fff66c9ab02025-01-08T10:32:07ZengUniversity of HormozganIranian Journal of Educational Research1735-563X2980-874X2024-12-0134385404The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' AttitudesFatemeh Sharifi0Mehrdad Sepehri1sajad Shafiee2 Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran, Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran Objective: This study investigated the effects of dynamic assessment (DA) on Iranian ESP university students' reading comprehension strategies and motivation. Furthermore, the views of Iranian ESP university students concerning DA were examined. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental methodology to recruit 80 Ph.D. students as the sample. The participants were separated into two groups: control (CG) and experimental (EG). Then, two questionnaires about metacognitive strategies and reading motivation (RM) were delivered to them. Following that, the sandwich style of DA was used to educate the EG to read psychological materials while the CG was trained in the traditional manner. After teaching 13 texts to the groups, the aforesaid questionnaires were administered again, together with the attitude questionnaire, to determine the impact of the intervention and to better comprehend the participants’ opinions regarding the use of DA. Results: The findings of the ANCOVA test showed that the EG outperformed the CG on the two post-tests of reading comprehension techniques and motivation. Furthermore, the findings of the one-sample t-test demonstrated that Iranian ESP university students had positive attitudes regarding DA. Conclusions: The study highlights that dynamic assessment (DA) effectively improves reading comprehension strategies and motivation among Iranian ESP students, with the experimental group outperforming the control group. Participants also expressed positive attitudes toward DA, emphasizing its potential as a valuable instructional method.http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-295-en.pdfattitudedynamic assessmentmetacognitive reading comprehension strategiesreading motivation |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Sharifi Mehrdad Sepehri sajad Shafiee The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes Iranian Journal of Educational Research attitude dynamic assessment metacognitive reading comprehension strategies reading motivation |
| title | The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes |
| title_full | The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes |
| title_fullStr | The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes |
| title_short | The Practicality of Dynamic Assessment in Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Motivation: Mirroring ESP Students\' Attitudes |
| title_sort | practicality of dynamic assessment in reading comprehension strategies and reading motivation mirroring esp students attitudes |
| topic | attitude dynamic assessment metacognitive reading comprehension strategies reading motivation |
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