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Effects of Pre-Reading Activities on Junior Secondary Students’ Achievement in critical and main idea identification Comprehension in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.

Mary Gertrude Egah; Jeno-Mary Enighe; Sabina H. Gomwalk

Greener Journal of Educational Research | Greener Journals | 2026

Paper ID: RQL-PAPER-2026-000072 | DOI: 10.15580/gjer.2026.1.030926034 | Views: 11

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Publication Date: 2026-02-28 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 7-13

Type: Journal article | Discipline: Education | Subject Area: - | Language: English

DOI: 10.15580/gjer.2026.1.030926034

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This study seeks to determine the effects of Pre-Reading Activities on Junior Secondary Students’ Achievement in critical and main idea identification comprehension in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area (LGA) in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Two objectives and two research questions were raised while two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study employed quasi-experimental research design. The population of the study consisted of 2,467 Junior Secondary 11 students from all the 38 public secondary schools in the study area, with a sample of 100 participant from two intact classes. The experimental group consisted 0f 55 students, while the control group comprised of 45 students. The study employed simple random sampling technique to select the schools that were used for the study. Reading Comprehension Achievement Test (RCAT) was used as the instrument for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics of Mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research questions and the hypotheses, at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The findings revealed that the treatment group taught reading comprehension skills using pre-reading activities scored higher than the control group. There was a significant difference in the achievement mean scores of the treatment group against the control group. It was recommended among others that teachers of English language should ensure the use of appropriate teaching strategies to activate students’ prior knowledge to enhance their achievement in reading comprehension and interpretation of what they read.

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Mary Gertrude Egah; Jeno-Mary Enighe; Sabina H. Gomwalk (2026). Effects of Pre-Reading Activities on Junior Secondary Students’ Achievement in critical and main idea identification Comprehension in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.. Greener Journal of Educational Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15580/gjer.2026.1.030926034
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