A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS COMPREHENSION OF NON GENDER BIAS TEXTS
Keywords:
Male, Female, Gender, neutral/non-gender biased text, ComprehensionAbstract
The present study deals with male and female students reading comprehension The purpose is to describe the effect of gender on reading comprehension of neutral or non gender biased texts The study is experimental in nature and conducted online through WA and email The study involved two classes of eight grade students of SMP Negeri Tompaso in academic year 2020 2021 The data are collected using a reading test in multiple choice format The data collected are statistically analyzed Result of the analysis leads to the conclusion that there is no difference between female and male students reading comprehension performance on gender free bias texts Put it another way gender does not affect reading comprehension performance This conclusion supports William 2000 who affirms that sex differences in cognition are small or have no effect on comprehension However since it is conducted online control over extraneous variables could not be strictly carried out; therefore more studies are needed to obtain more information about effect of gender on comprehension < p>
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