5.1 Conclusion
In this study, 180 participants completed a 30-item questionnaire of metacognitive awareness of reading strategies
when reading academic materials. Some findings are consistent with previous research, while some are different.
These findings are summarized below:
1. Of all the three strategy sub-categories, Problem Solving Reading Strategies are the students’ favorite, followed
by Global Reading Strategies and then Support Reading Strategies, irrespective of their reading ability or gender.
2. The students show medium strategy use while reading (mean of Overall Reading Strategies = 2.93)
3. Females show greater awareness of reading strategies in all three sub-categories as well as 24 individual reading
strategies.
4. The high-proficiency students show more frequent use in all the three sub-categories and 27 individual reading
strategies than low-proficiency students.