The Development of English Reading Comprehension Ability by Using Dynamic Assessment: A Case Study of Grade 4 students Srikosumwittayamittrapap 209 School.
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The purposes of this research were to: 1) develop the English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment of Grade 4 students, 2) investigate the English reading comprehension ability among: pre - reading during and post- reading 3) investigate the students’ satisfaction on English reading - reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment. The sample used selected through purposive sampling, were 38 Grade 4 students at Srikosumwittayamittrapap 209 School, MahaSarakham Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 in the second semester of the 2012 academic year.The research instruments consisted of: 12 learning lesson plans, a 4 choices of 30 - item of reading comprehension achievement test and 10- item of a five rating scale questionnaire related to satisfaction of students towards the English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment. The statistics used for data analysis were: percentage, means, standard deviation and t - test (Dependent sample).
The results of the research were as follows:
1. The English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment of Grade 4 students was higher post- reading than pre-reading score with statistic significance at.01 and mean score of English reading comprehension ability pre-reading and post- reading at 8.34 and 24.24 2. The English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment of Grade 4 students pre - reading, while - reading and post - reading was while - reading score and post - reading score were higher than pre - reading score at 11.42, 32.42 and 19.6. This presented that the students developed their English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment at 57.1, 81.05 and 98.02 percent. 3. The satisfaction of Grade 4 students who had learned English reading comprehension ability by using dynamic assessment was rated at the highest level with mean score of 4.51.
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