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| Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun |
| The purpose of this study is to develop a teaching strategy model for preschool English Reading skills in Malaysia using the Design and Development Research Approach (Richey & Klein, 2007). The study was conducted in three phases, namely the needs analysis, design development, and evaluation. The need analysis used a questionnaire, the questionnaire was distributed to 101 Malaysian government preschool teachers in Selangor. Data were analyzed descriptively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 22.0 software. The results for the first phase showed that the mean for the needs analysis is 4.607. These findings conclude that there is a need to develop a model of English Reading skills teaching strategies in preschools. The second phase was to design and develop a preschool teaching strategy model using interviews, focus group discussions, Delphi Fuzzy Technique (FDM), and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM). In this study, the threshold of _d_ values was less than 0.2, and the percentage of expert consent was higher than 75.0%. The 15 expert panels reached a consensus on the suitability of the elements in the teaching strategy model with respect to the elements taken from the literature review. FDM decision data were used during the ISM process to develop teaching strategy models. Experts decided that there are three components of the model developed by ISM, which are teaching strategies for children who are advanced, moderate, and less able. The expert agreed that the model is holistic. The usability evaluation phase involved the descriptive analysis using an open-ended questionnaire. The results of phase three in the questionnaire show that experienced preschool teachers are satisfied with the suitability and usability of the teaching strategy model for preschool English Reading skills. As a result, this model contains strategies for teaching advanced, moderate, and less-able students. |
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