Papers by Heidi Macahilig
The Normal Lights, 2016
This descriptive-correlation study assessed the comprehension level of selected Grade 4 pupils b... more This descriptive-correlation study assessed the comprehension level of selected Grade 4 pupils by subjecting them to three types of test (informal reading inventory, cloze test, and retelling) in two kinds of texts (narrative and expository). The results revealed that the pupils had the same comprehension levels for each test type no matter the genre of texts although of varying levels: frustration in cloze test, instructional in informal reading inventory, and independent in retelling. Overall, the comprehension levels showed slight correlation between text types, where an increase in narrative comprehension level slightly increased the comprehension level in expository texts. Meanwhile, a negative negligible correlation was observed between comprehension levels and test types using informal reading inventory and cloze test while high positive correlation was observed between comprehension level and test types using retelling. Results suggested that comprehension l...
Several well-known formulas for measuring readability of texts have been developed for use partic... more Several well-known formulas for measuring readability of texts have been developed for use particularly in assessing English texts. For assessing texts in other languages, these formulas were found inadequate or even inappropriate primarily because of the differences in the syntactic structure and lexical nature between and among languages. Thus, some countries have adapted or developed their own formulas to assess reading texts in their respective languages. To date, there is no known formula being widely used to establish the readability of Filipino texts. This study attempted to develop a readability formula that can be used as the standard in determining the readability levels of Filipino academic books required in the different content area subjects, from Kinder to fourth year high school, that use Filipino as the medium of instruction.
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Papers by Heidi Macahilig