The Effect of Using Semantic Map Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension on Students' Achievement
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https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v2i137.1186Keywords:
Semantic Mapp, Reading Comprehension, AchievementAbstract
The positive effect that innovative techniques have has been a broad debate in recent years especially in the matter of teaching reading comprehension. Semantic map is one of the latest techniques used to develop reading comprehension. The current study attempts to provide a more detailed investigation regarding the effects of using semantic map on students' reading comprehension achievement. To investigate the objective of this paper, a null hypothesis is used claiming that there is no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group, which is used semantic map technique in teaching reading comprehension and those of the control group which is taught by traditional techniques. A sample of 60 students has been chosen randomly to be divided into equal groups. After 10 weeks of experiment, a posttest is applied for both groups. Then the T-test is used to collect and analyze the data. The findings from this investigation proved that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group and those of the control group in the reading comprehension achievement posttest for the benefit of the experimental group.
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