Effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Instruction on Grade 9 Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension

Table 6

Independent samples t-test results for questions on each subskill of reading that requires a lower level of thinking.

S. No.	Subskills of reading	No. of items	Test	t	df	Sig. 2-tailed
1	Explicitly stated ideas	9	TBI	–1.287	66	0.203
			TAI	–1.913	66	0.060
2	Fill in the blank spaces	2	TBI	–0.590	66	0.557
			TAI	–0.990	66	0.326
3	Put ideas in order	2	TBI	0.038	66	0.970
			TAI	–2.670	66	0.010
4	Search-specific ideas	8	TBI	1.929	66	0.058
			TAI	–1.045	66	0.300