Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of Rapid, Serial, Visual Presentation (RSVP) based applications on the reading and comprehension levels of secondary school students. The main problem of the research: "Does the Rapid, Serial, Visual Presentation (RSVP) based applications have an effect on the reading and comprehension levels of secondary school students?" has been determined. In the study, a quasi-experimental design with unequalized control group pre-test post-test, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study sample consists of 7th grade students of a public secondary school in the center of Kütahya. İn the post-test conducted at the end of the application with the experimental group, a statistically significant increase is observed in the number of words read per minute and in the reading comprehension levels of the students. While the experimental group students read an average of 116.84 words per minute in the pre-test, they read 315.52 words in the application performed with swiftread. In the comprehension test, while the experimental group students scored 9.27 in the pre-test, this value was 11.21 in the post-test. The results show that the students both read faster after the application and their level of understanding the text increased with the reading speed.

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