Level of reading comprehension in sixth grade students of the educational institution, Peru

Abstract

This research work had the purpose of knowing the level of reading comprehension in the students of the Sixth Grade of Primary Education; the research methodology is basic, with a descriptive level; in this context, an instrument containing 20 dichotomous questions that the students answered after having read a text that contains a fable. This instrument, which is the reading comprehension test, was administered in a period of approximately 45 minutes to a group of 19 students of both sexes. Once the information was obtained, the processing of the data obtained was carried out. The results show that in the literal level 89.5% reach the average level, only 10.5% are at the high level and none are at the low level. At the inferential level, 94.7% were at the average level, only 5.3% were at the low level and none were at the high level. In the critical level, 47.4% corresponds to the low level and 52.6% to the average level; none is located in the high level. In this sense, it can be deduced that 6th grade students in the process of reading comprehension are located at an average level.