The Use of 'question-answer' strategy for answering post-reading question by hearing impaired university prep-class students

ABSTRACT THE USE OF "QUESTION-ANSWER" STRATEGY FOR ANSWERING POST-READING QUESTIONS BY HEARING IMPAIRED UNIVERSITY PREP-CLASS STUDENTS Güzin ICDEN Special Education Major Anadolu University, Institute of Educational Science, September, 2003 Advisor: Assis. Prof. Dr. Ümit GİRGİN The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of training hearing impaired preparation class students at Anatolia University, the School For The Handicapped, in using question-answer strategy in answering post-reading questions. An additional aim was to analyse the development of students in the process of strategy training. Also, the relation between the success in using these strategies and the degree of hearing loss and educational background, two factors that effect language development, was investigated. To investigate the effect training students to use question-answer strategy in answering post-reading Correlational and Descriptional methods were used and 28 prep class students of this school participated in this study. The data of the study consist of pre-test and post- test scores of the students. Both of these tests included three types of questions developed according to question -answer strategy and each question was given points according to item difficulty level. In order to test the reliability of the materials selected and points given three experts from the field were consulted. Also, inter-rater reliability of two raters both of whom were experienced practicing teachers was calculated. In order to avoid possible problems in data collection process, and to equip the researcher with enough information to pursue the research, the researcher was trained before conducting the study. This training also provided application reliability. ivThe findings of the study indicated that training hearing impaired preparation class students on different types of questions that form "Question- Answer Relation Strategy", and teaching them how to answer these questions increased their success in answering these questions significantly.