Strategies for comprehension of multiple historical texts

reading profiles of secondary school students

Authors

  • Tomás A. Moreno de León Secretaría de Educación de Tamaulipas
  • Liliana Rangel Castillo Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
  • Norma Alicia Vega López Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.
  • Esperanza de León Arellano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4151/S0718-0934202401150882

Keywords:

reading strategies, sourcing skills, history education, literacy, educational intervention

Abstract

The aim of this invesyigation is to report the effects of an intervention designed to develop four strategies for evaluating the source and integration of information from multiple historical texts. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental design with one pre-test and two post-tests was carried out with the participation of two groups of high school students (experimental: N = 28, control: N = 29). The results indicate that the group in the experimental condition showed statistically significant improvements, both in the short term (one day after the intervention) and in the long term (sixty days after the intervention). These findings have allowed us to configure four reader profiles (strategic, semi-strategic, not very strategic and not strategic at all). Therefore us, in this study we provide a detailed description of the performance of strategic readers who are able to select reliable sources and use them to form an opinion. On the other hand, non-strategic readers use sources that are not reliable, and their writings do not show an argued opinion. These findings are intended as an educational guide for those who face the challenge of developing strategies that allow the management and comprehension of multiple reliable sources.

Author Biographies

Tomás A. Moreno de León, Secretaría de Educación de Tamaulipas

Profesor e investigador en la Secretaría de Educación de Tamaulipas.

Liliana Rangel Castillo, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía

Estadista en el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía.

Norma Alicia Vega López, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.

Profesora e investigadora en la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores de CONACYT.

Esperanza de León Arellano

Profesora e investigadora en la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.

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Published

2024-08-05

How to Cite

Moreno de León, T. A., Rangel Castillo, L., Vega López, N. A., & de León Arellano, E. (2024). Strategies for comprehension of multiple historical texts: reading profiles of secondary school students. Revista Signos. Estudios De Lingüística, 57(115), 494–522. https://doi.org/10.4151/S0718-0934202401150882

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Vol. 57 No. 115 (2024): August

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