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METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS OF READING STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC MATERIALS A STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).05      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).05      Published : Mar 2020

Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies for Academic Materials: A Study of Undergraduate Students in Pakistan

Abstract

    Metacognitive awareness of reading strategies measures how readers of a text engage with it and think about their own reading processes. This paper presents the findings of a descriptive study on the metacognitive awareness of reading strategy use on the undergraduate students of Lahore, Pakistan. The study makes use of the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI), which is a selfreport instrument, and has 30 items on a 5-point Likert scale; it was administered to 500 public and private sector universities students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed for analysis through the use of SPSS, version 22. The results reported that problem-solving and support strategies are equally preferred over global strategies. Results of the t-test revealed that students from the public sector demonstrate greater strategy awareness than those from the private sector in all the subscales of MARSI, while no overall significant difference between Humanities and Sciences was found.

    (1) Asma Shahid Kazi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Professional Studies,Lahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shagufta Moghal
    Lecturer,Department of Professional Studies,Lahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Zoobia Asad
    PhD Scholar,Research and Evaluation Department, Lahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Kazi, Asma Shahid, Shagufta Moghal, and Zoobia Asad. "Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies for Academic Materials: A Study of Undergraduate Students in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. I (2020): 44-51. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).05