By Achu, Augustina Ihuaru
bf f ec ts of SQ3R i n ~eachinl:. reading &prehension
i n suconuary schools,
Jhe many f a i l u r e s regisg English language
especiall) in readink, comprehension i n public examina~iorns
c a l l f o r a review of >he meehads of teaching i c ,
Obah anti O~agburuagu (19%) has shown chat when s tuden is
ari: l;au,ht with apgropriabe techniques and methods they
achieve morz, dhe purpose of t h i s study therefore is
60 i'ind ouu the effect of he SQ3R method of Geaching
reauing coqr6hension on the performance of secondary
students, l'hss study Waii quasi experimen~al and a
comprehension passage thai; has ben ques cions was used
Yor Ghe r;esl;. A pilot scudy i n Torn of cesi; retest
was conduclied GO esGatdish Ghe r e l i a b i l i t y , Phe Lest
was adminis~ered to 200 junior secondary schod students
i n b o ~ hur ban and r u r a l school s , the scho 31s were
chosen by sbrabified random sampling. iiesearch quesG.ions
were answered usinfl; me :ns and s bsndard d x i a t i o n while
hypouheses were uested ac 0.05 level of significance,
I'm ~naJol*.l aindin,,s a r e as fol lows : thaL Lhe SQ3R
rnt?cnoa i.5 s u i ~ a b l eT or ceaching reading comprehension
ai, ~ t j~uneior s e c o n d a r ~s chool ,