The Use of Mind Oneself Reading Strategy (MORS) to Enhance Thai Students’ English Reading Comprehension
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การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อสำรวจตรวจสอบถึงผลกระทบของการใช้สมาธิที่มีต่อความเข้าใจในการอ่านของนักศึกษาไทยในระดับมหาวิทยาลัย ในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ได้รับการออกแบบมาจากปัญหาการอ่านที่โดดเด่นจากนิสัยการอ่านของนักเรียนไทย คือ การขาดสมาธิในการเรียนและการอ่าน จากการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลพบว่านักเรียนที่ฝึกฝนสมาธิโดยการนั่งสมาธิสามารถพัฒนาความเข้าใจในการอ่านโดยมีคะแนนทดสอบหลังการอ่านภาษาอังกฤษเพิ่มขึ้นโดยมีคะแนนเฉลี่ยอยู่ที่ 16.14 ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐานอยู่ที่ 3.57 ขนาดของผลกระทบมีขนาดปานกลางผลคือ 0.37 และมีค่าความเชื่อมั่นที่ระดับ 0.01
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of Mindfulness Reading Strategy (MORS) on Thai university students’ reading comprehension. This study was designed based on the prominent reading problems of Thai students’ reading habits which was the lack of concentration while studying and reading. The analysis of the data shows the
following results that the students who practiced mindfulness concentration by sitting meditation could improve their reading comprehension as shown in their English reading comprehension Post-test (M = 16.14, SD = 3.57) with a medium effect size (0.37) at the 0.01 confidence interval level.
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