Gender and major differences in test-taking strategies and EFL reading test performance

Authors

  • Nava Nourdad ASSISTANT PROFESSOR University of Tabriz

Keywords:

Test taking strategies, Cognitive strategies, Metacognitive strategies, Reading test performance, Gender differences, Major differences.

Abstract

This research explored gender differences in various EFL majors in the way test takers apply
test-taking strategies and their ultimate reading comprehension test performance. To this end 214
male and female EFL students majoring in English literature, Teaching English and English
Translation were selected based on convenience sampling and participated in the study. They
were given a standardized reading comprehension and a thirty five-item questionnaire to measure
their cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Analysis of the data by t-test and one-way ANOVA
formulas revealed that there are neither gender nor major differences in any of cognitive or
metacognitive test-taking strategies and EFL reading test performance.

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Published

28-01-2015

How to Cite

Nourdad, N. (2015). Gender and major differences in test-taking strategies and EFL reading test performance. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH, 2(9), 13. Retrieved from https://ijellh.com/index.php/OJS/article/view/9034

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 9 (2015): Volume II Issue IX January 2015

Section

Article

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/