The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students

The present paper aimed to discover whether females and males significantly varied in their utilization of reading strategies. The participants were 352 (male=117 female=235) low to intermediate Colombian university students who completed the Survey of Reading Strategies or SORS (Mokhtari & Sheo...

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Main Author: Alex Poole
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2009-04-01
Series:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10539
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description The present paper aimed to discover whether females and males significantly varied in their utilization of reading strategies. The participants were 352 (male=117 female=235) low to intermediate Colombian university students who completed the Survey of Reading Strategies or SORS (Mokhtari & Sheorey, 2002). The results showed that males’ overall strategy use was moderate, as was their use of nearly half of their individual strategies. Females’ overall strategy use was high, as was their use of half of their strategies. Females’ overall strategy use was significantly higher than males’, as was their strategy use on two of the three SORS subscales and on eight strategies. The study provides ideas for teaching strategies and suggests areas for future research.
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The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
Reading
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title The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
title_full The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
title_fullStr The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
title_full_unstemmed The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
title_short The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students
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gender
reading strategies
reading surveys
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10539
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