Question-generation strategy significantly improves Iranian female EFL learners' reading comprehension¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-11-02 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? After 10 weeks of question-generation training, the experimental female group scored significantly higher than the control female group on a multiple-choice reading comprehension post-test. → Khansir 2014

Evidence¶

Khansir 2014¶

Khansir, A. A., & Dashti, J. G. (2014). The Effect of Question-Generation Strategy on Iranian EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension Development. English Language Teaching, 7(4), 38-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v7n4p38

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Quasi-experiment with 30 Iranian female high school students per group. Post-test means were 30.4 (experimental) vs 25.7 (control), t = 3.347, p = .001, with the article reporting "very large (eta squared= .18)".

"the result of the table shows that the female students significantly improved their reading comprehension after the question-generation strategy training. Therefore, the magnitude of the differences in the means between both experimental and control group was very large (eta squared= .18)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Female EFL learners attain significantly higher reading comprehension scores than male learners under question-generation strategy — related
• Question-generation strategy significantly improves Iranian male EFL learners' reading comprehension — related
• Question-generation strategy produces significantly better overall reading comprehension performance than conventional instruction — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)