Open AccessAplicación de un programa para mejorar la velocidad y comprensión de lectura en estudiantes universitarios
Author(s) -
Miguel Barboza-Palomino,
José Ventura-León
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
investigaciones sobre lectura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2340-8685
DOI - 10.24310/revistaisl.vi8.10991
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , reading (process) , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , philosophy , linguistics
The effect of a program to improve reading speed and comprehension was assessed in students from a private peruvian university, for which a quasi-experimental design of longitudinal pretest-postest type was developed and using a protocol based on a methodology of reading program fast, study and memory, was selected for a total sample of 1181 college freshmen from Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN) who were studying on the 2014-II academic semester. Results show a statistically significant increase on reading speed, but not in reading comprehension; furthermore, the practical effect of the program is moderate. It is concluded that the program had a positive moderate effect on reading speed; however, it was not an effective proposal to improve reading comprehension.