The Effect of Goal Setting Based on China’s Standard of English Proficiency Scales on Reading Achievement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. CSE
2.2. Goal Setting and Learning
- Could CSE-based learning goal setting affect students’ reading achievement?
- What is students’ experience with this way of learning?
3. Methods
3.1. Participant
3.2. Instruments
3.3. Intervention
3.4. Data Collection Procedure
3.5. Data Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Quantitative Findings
4.2. Qualitative Findings
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
7. Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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My Current Level | Reading Problems | Expected Goals | My Plan | My Reflection |
---|---|---|---|---|
Self-assessment based on the CSE scale | Diagnosis (deficiency in knowledge, skills, or strategy?) | Goals to be attained | How to achieve the goal | Write down achievements in diaries, and make goal adjustments where necessary. |
Scores | Group | Shapiro–Wilk | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Statistic | df | Sig. | ||
Score 1 | 1 | 0.918 | 41 | 0.006 |
Score 2 | 2 | 0.922 | 41 | 0.007 |
Group | N | Mean | Std. Deviation | Std. Error Mean | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-test score | 1 (experiment) | 41 | 76.11 | 3.859 | 0.603 | 0.848 | 0.399 |
2 (conventional) | 42 | 75.18 | 6.427 | 1.085 | |||
Post-test score | 1 (experiment) | 41 | 83.12 | 6.300 | 0.984 | 5.005 | 0.000 |
2 (conventional) | 42 | 75.71 | 7.158 | 1.104 |
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | Std. Error Mean | t | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pair 1 | Pre-test | 41 | 76.11 | 3.859 | 0.603 | −10.710 | 0.000 |
Post-test | 41 | 83.12 | 6.300 | 0.984 |
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Zhu, A.; Mofreh, S.A.M.; Salem, S. The Effect of Goal Setting Based on China’s Standard of English Proficiency Scales on Reading Achievement. Sustainability 2023, 15, 4519. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054519
Zhu A, Mofreh SAM, Salem S. The Effect of Goal Setting Based on China’s Standard of English Proficiency Scales on Reading Achievement. Sustainability. 2023; 15(5):4519. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054519
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhu, Aihua, Samah Ali Mohsen Mofreh, and Sultan Salem. 2023. "The Effect of Goal Setting Based on China’s Standard of English Proficiency Scales on Reading Achievement" Sustainability 15, no. 5: 4519. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054519