Faizah A. Majid

Adult learners'' characteristics and their academic reading strategies

A case study from Malaysia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a qualitative case study which was designed to investigate the influence of adult learners' characteristics (self-concept, experience and time perspective) on their choice and use of the academic reading strategies (ARS). The case study was conducted over 19 weeks, involving 24 academic reading texts. Three instruments; student diaries, participant observations and think aloud protocols were used to triangulate the data collection. The constant comparative method was used in the data analysis. Cohen Kappa's (1960) test of agreement was conducted in the middle of the data analysis and a comfortable value of .93 was obtained allowing the researcher to proceed. This study has discovered several interesting findings. Besides confirming earlier findings and several theories in the literature, it has also contributed new findings with special reference to the influence of the adult learners' characteristics on their ARS.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9783838396439
• ISBN-10: 383839643X
• Artikelnr.: 32327385

Autorenporträt

Faizah is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She has keen interest in adult learners and has conducted various research on the adult learners'' challenges and learning strategies. Besides conducting research, Faizah teaches teaching methodology courses to the pre- and in-service teachers.