| 英文摘要 |
Currently, studies on reading have primarily adopted a teacher-led instruction method, with students reading the same materials and paying limited attention to the effects of students' independent strategy use. Moreover, few studies have simultaneously examined how the use of reading strategies influences both cognitive and affective learning outcomes. In addition, some scholars have argued that instruction in strategy use and task demands may interrupt the flow experience and thus may undermine the expected benefits of free and sustained reading. Therefore, the study examined the comparative effects of three reading strategies-self-questioning, student question-generation, and reading activities without strategy instruction-on elementary students' reading performance, reading motivation, reading interest, and cognitive load. A nonequivalent pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was adopted, involving 76 fifth-grade students from three classes in an elementary school in Tainan, Taiwan. Over seven weeks (excluding pre- and post-test), students engaged in free reading sessions. Data analyzed using Quade's ANCOVA, one-way ANCOVA, and ANOVA revealed no significant differences among the three groups in reading performance, reading motivation, reading interest, or cognitive load. In other words, both intervention strategies during students' independent reading demonstrated comparable effects on reading performance, and neither of the strategy interventions negatively affected students' affective outcomes or cognitive load, as compared to the no-reading-strategy instruction group. Based on these findings, possible explanations are discussed, and recommendations for instructional implementation and future research are provided. |