THE ROLE OF READING DISPOSITIONS ON THE READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF GRADE 7 STUDENTS IN A PHILIPPINE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Florisa A. Buot

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Reading comprehension skills have been constantly identified as the prevalent problems among high school students, and various efforts have been initiated to solve such problems. This research assessed the role of reading attitudes and reading habits on the reading comprehension skills of the Grade 7 students at Cordova National High School in Cebu Province Division for the school year 2025-2026 as a basis for a proposed reading comprehension skills enhancement plan. There were 237 Grade 7 students who participated in this study and were identified through simple random sampling. They were asked to answer the adopted survey questionnaires measuring their level of reading attitudes and reading habits; at the same time, their reading comprehension skills were also assessed using the DepEd standardized reading comprehension skills assessment tool. The data gathered were treated using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that most of the respondents were aged 12 years old, whose parents are high school graduates with three to four siblings. At the same time, the respondents had neutral attitudes towards reading and satisfactory reading habits. Interestingly, most of them were independent readers. Moreover, there was a significant association between the respondents’ reading attitudes and reading comprehension skills, but no significant association between reading habits and reading comprehension skills. Thus, a reading comprehension skills enhancement plan was recommended for adoption.

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reading attitudes, reading habits, reading comprehension skills

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