ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on improving students’ reading proficiency through accelerated student’s reader using J.S.S.2 class as a case study. The study employed Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control group design. Purposive sampling was used to select two schools out of the 24 public secondary school in Ijebu-North Local Government Area, 25 student were randomly selected in each of the two selected schools, and the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to analysed the data generated from the study. Findings from study indicated that there was no statistical verification that the use of AR had any influence on the reading comprehension scores of JSS II students when examined by group or by gender. It was concluded that a better use for those funds may be to hire extra hands for the classroom in order to allow the teacher more time with smaller groups of students, with a well-trained professional, that students will genuinely learn to love reading and experience the joy of success.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objective of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Scope of the Study
1.7 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Framework
2.2 Theoretical Review
2.2.1 Definition of Reading Comprehension
2.2.2 History of Reading Comprehension
2.2.3 Early Reading Instruction
2.2.4 Intermediate Reading Instruction
2.2.5 Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension
2.2.6 Assessing Reading Achievement
2.2.7 The Accelerated Reader Program
2.2.8 The Accelerated Reader Program and Readability
2.2.9 The Accelerated Reader Program and Reading Comprehension
2.3 Empirical Review
2.4 Appraisal of Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: Methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Sampling and Sample Procedure
3.3 Treatment
3.4 Procedure
3.5 Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: Results
4.1 Research Question 1
4.2 Research Question 2
4.3 Summary of Findings
CHAPTER FIVE: Discussion of Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Discussion of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
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