The level of students' awareness of the self-monitoring strategy of reading comprehension skills in Jordan and its relationship with the desire to learn

This study was carried out to investigate the level of students' awareness of the self-monitoring strategy of reading comprehension skills in Jordan and its relationship with the desire to learn. The sample of the study was selected purposefully and consisted of (523) students from the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades for the second semester 2011/2012. The researchers had developed two questionnaires; one for the self-monitoring and the other one for the desire to learn. The results of this study showed that the level of the desire to learn was high among the students while self-monitoring strategy for learning to read was moderate. Also, there were statistically significant differences between self-monitoring strategy and the desire to learn due to sex variable in favor of females. Also, the results indicated that there was a positive correlation between self-monitoring and the desire to learn while there was no difference in the strength of the relation due to grade or the educational level of parents. Reprinted by permission of Dirasat