Graduate Students' Proficiency Level for an Enhanced Skills Training Program

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Abletes-Cayao, Erlinda Maynila, Lungsod Ng
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to evaluate the reading and writing proficiency level of selected graduate students who are presently enrolled in the program Master of Arts in Education majoring in Educational Administration or Educational Management in selected higher education institutions during second semester of academic year 2010-2011. The proponent made use of the following instruments to carry out the purpose of the study: reading and writing proficiency inventories, critical reading and writing tests and rubrics for evaluating composing skills of graduate students. Experts in the area of language education and communication served as validators of the instruments used and they also evaluated the writing prompt of the respondents. The focus of evaluation for reading area are identifying syntactic meaning of words, pointing out details, determining logical relationships, detecting evidences, predicting outcomes and making informed judgments. In the area of writing, the following are covered: establishing clear purpose, organizing ideas logically, demonstrating control over sentence structure and style and exhibiting mastery in mechanics. This study is anchored on the idea with that of Marzano’s proposed New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (2001). It aimed to respond to the shortcomings of the widely used Bloom’s Taxonomy.
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