Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking
This research aimed to determine whether the Question-and-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts and critical thinking skills in Amharic. The study employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. A total of 118 seventh graders from A...
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College of education, Bahir Dar University
2025-02-01
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This research aimed to determine whether the Question-and-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts and critical thinking skills in Amharic. The study employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. A total of 118 seventh graders from Addis Amba Elementary School in Bahir Dar were selected and randomly assigned to either the intervention group (taught reading comprehension using QAR) or the control group (taught according to the grade level curriculum) for 14 sessions. Data were collected through reading comprehension and critical thinking tests. Analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) revealed significant effects (p < 0.05) and large effect sizes (η² > 0.14) of the QAR strategy on both reading comprehension of narrative texts (F (1,116) = 33.35, p < .001, η² = .223) and critical thinking (F (1,116) = 28.074, p < .001, η² = .195). Findings suggest that the QAR strategy is effective in enhancing students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts and critical thinking skills within the Amharic context.
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| spelling | doaj-art-708550f48bb64c69970dd5d3ba41f0ea2025-08-20T03:48:27ZengCollege of education, Bahir Dar UniversityBahir Dar Journal of Education1816-336X2415-04522025-02-01251Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinkingTsegaye Girma0Marew Alemu1Sefa Meka2Bahir Dar UniversityBahir Dar UniversityBahir Dar University This research aimed to determine whether the Question-and-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts and critical thinking skills in Amharic. The study employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. A total of 118 seventh graders from Addis Amba Elementary School in Bahir Dar were selected and randomly assigned to either the intervention group (taught reading comprehension using QAR) or the control group (taught according to the grade level curriculum) for 14 sessions. Data were collected through reading comprehension and critical thinking tests. Analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) revealed significant effects (p < 0.05) and large effect sizes (η² > 0.14) of the QAR strategy on both reading comprehension of narrative texts (F (1,116) = 33.35, p < .001, η² = .223) and critical thinking (F (1,116) = 28.074, p < .001, η² = .195). Findings suggest that the QAR strategy is effective in enhancing students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts and critical thinking skills within the Amharic context. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/bdje/article/view/282919Question-and-Answer Relationship strategyreading comprehension of narrative textscritical thinking |
| spellingShingle | Tsegaye Girma Marew Alemu Sefa Meka Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking Bahir Dar Journal of Education Question-and-Answer Relationship strategy reading comprehension of narrative texts critical thinking |
| title | Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| title_full | Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| title_fullStr | Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| title_short | Effects of the question-and-answer relationship strategy on students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| title_sort | effects of the question and answer relationship strategy on students reading comprehension and critical thinking |
| topic | Question-and-Answer Relationship strategy reading comprehension of narrative texts critical thinking |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/bdje/article/view/282919 |
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