Interactive Instructional Reading Materials: A Responsive and Comprehensive Intervention for the Struggling Readers

Abstract

The study was a quasi-experimental research conducted to investigate the effect of Interactive Instructional Reading Materials: A Responsive and Comprehensive Intervention to Struggling Readers. The participants of the study were the identified 74 struggling readers from Grades 2 to 10 enrolled during the 2nd quarter SY 2021-2022 at Tawantawan Integrated School. One group was assigned as control group who was exposed to plainly printed reading materials while the other one was experimental group who was exposed to interactive reading materials. This study utilized interactive instructional reading materials to sustain the interest of the learners as teachers promote a holistic pedagogical strategy to make learning gratifying, engaging, and effective. The performance of the learners were measured using their test scores. To determine if the interactive reading materials influence the reading ability of the learners, the Analysis of Covariance model (ANCOVA) was utilized at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that the Interactive Instructional Reading Materials helped learners read on their own and with comprehension.