7. Research Question 1 Do advanced male and female ESL learners at the college level report using different academic reading strategies?
8. Participants Participant 248 ESL students Male:138 Female:110 Taken from six university and one community college United States Midwest and South Average age: 23.2 Level: Advanced B E C D A
9. Participants Studying English the semester previous to full-time undergraduate study in their respective universities Taking full-time academic undergraduate or graduate study in writing courses
11. Instrument Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) 2 3 1 Global Reading strategies (13 items) Problem-solving strategies (8 items) Support strategies (9 items)
12. Methodology Survey During English courses M High frequency use Moderate strategy use Low strategy use > 3.5 = 2.5~3.4 < 2.4
13. Methodology T-tests Descriptive statistics To see whether or not there were differences in reading strategy use between male and female ESL learners
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19. Reflection The researcher did not give any details about the placement test. The researcher did not give any details about the reading materials.
20. Reflection Page 7 showed that both males (M=3.42) and females (M=3.42) exhibited identical means (M= 3.46)