ABSTRACT
It was hypothesized that students who use reading comprehension strategies while
reading retain more information and comprehend the text better. It was also hypothesized
that students who have good reading comprehension skills perform better on reading
comprehension tests. Fourteen sixth grade students in a small town private school were
identified for this study. The students were given the Qualitative Reading Inventory - 4
reading comprehension pretests after determining their individual reading levels. The
students then began a six-week long study of the Self-Questioning Reading Strategy. At
the conclusion of the study the students were again given the Qualitative Reading
Inventory - 4 reading comprehension posttests. A comparison of the percent correct on
the reading comprehension pretests and posttests was taken. Twelve of the fourteen sixth
grade students demonstrated improvement in the reading comprehension scores. Two of
the fourteen students resulted in no change in the reading comprehension scores. There
were no students that exhibited a decline in scores. It was concluded that the sixth grade
literature students performed better on the posttests where they used the Self-Questioning
Reading Strategy. Further study recommendations included completing this study on
different age groups or using different reading comprehension strategies.