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College of Education
Iloilo City
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Most teachers are everyday confronted that students attention are wandering inside the
class. Some are texting, sleeping, working on for another class and talking. It’s always
been a struggle for educators to get the full attention of learners inside the classroom.
Study says, that one’s attention ranges from 15-20 minutes only. There may been
multiple interventions that had been done to address the said issue.
The critical factor in the learning process, according to Hale and Lewis (1979:33) is
attention. Unless the attention of the learner is captured, optimal learning will not
occur. Teachers need to capture the attention of learners during a lesson, irrespective
of their learning style and, if the attention of learners tends to wander, teachers should
be able to shift rapidly to a new activity to capture it once again (Rinne, 1997:131).
Therefore,
and focus on a specific goal for even a long period of time [4]. It also facilitates the
improvement of cognitive text comprehension [21].
Difficulty in reading and distraction lead to poor reading skills in the early years of
learning . Both Perfetti’s verbal efficiency theory and LaBerge and Samuels’ limited
attention model suggest that the attention span required for reading is limited to the
extent of attention used by the individual during the process of word recognition. To
have superior comprehension, unused processing memory should be capable of rapid
and accurate word recognition. This theory suggests that inadequately talented readers
recognize the printed words more slowly, and understand later than those who are
talented. Furthermore, those who have poor ability to recognize words can also be
inadequate in the mechanism of controlling attention, which negatively affects reading
skills. Thus, poor readers have difficulty in expressing their thoughts as a result of the
inadequate attention control.
This study would like to investigate the extent of students’ attention level and its
relationship to their reading comprehension.
West Visayas State University
College of Education
Iloilo City
GRADUATE SCHOOL
This study believes to benefit the following concerned persons in the field of
teaching. It sometimes been a struggle to engage students in reading activity. Lapses in
attention may result to poor comprehension of the reading text. This study will utilize
senior high school students given that they are already knowledgeable and could learn
independently. Thus, this study aims to determine the relationship between sustained
attention and reading comprehension and as to what extent do students’ attention level
affects their reading comprehension.
West Visayas State University
College of Education
Iloilo City
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Definition of Terms
This study refers to comprehending the reading text fully and sustaining the
attention till the task is done.
In this study, it refers as how the students would comprehend a given reading
task and how is result the related to their attention during the time the task is
given.
Sustained Attention- is the basic ability to look at, listen to and think about classroom
tasks over a period of time.
In this study, it refers to the ability of the learner to focus on the reading
task for a long time without being distracted.
West Visayas State University
College of Education
Iloilo City
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Conceptual Framework