Abstract: Reading motivation has been a large-scale problem in the education sector, and it has been the basis of many researchers to constantly search for varied strategies to assist students and thereby increase their reading motivation. To fill in the gap in this unexplored area of research, a study on identifying the relative effectiveness of the different strategy clusters in the reading motivation, which utilized quasi-experimental time series design, was conducted to 115 eleventh graders from four different strands (STEM, ABM, ICT-CSS, HE-Caregiving). In order to determine the relative effectiveness of the different strategy clusters, three different tools were used which are reading test, overt off-task behavior tally sheet and students’ reading strategy preference survey.
This study yielded the following findings:1) all strands displayed high motivation level in paired cluster along reading performance and overt off-task, while both paired and small group reading strategies are the most preferred reading strategy clusters by all strands; 2) paired and small group are relatively effective to the students’ motivation along reading performance, while paired cluster appeared effective along overt off-task and reading strategy preference survey; and 3) paired came out as the best strategy cluster to increase their reading motivation.
Keywords: reading strategies, motivation, reading performance, off-task behavior, reading preference.
Title: Relative Effectiveness of the Different Reading Strategy Clusters in the Reading Motivation of the 11th Graders
Author: Philip D. Sapasap
International Journal of Thesis Projects and Dissertations (IJTPD)
Vol. 14, Issue 2, April 2026 - June 2026
Page No: 69-79
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published date: 18-June-2026
