The Effectiveness of the Interactive E-Book on Developing Reading Comprehension Skills among Seventh Basic Grade Female Student

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of the interactive e-book in developing the reading comprehension skills among seventh basic grade female students. To achieve the aim of the study, a creative reading comprehension skill (reading fluency, reading flexibility, reading originality, and reading extension) test was prepared. The test consisted of (20) open ended questions. The subjects of the study consisted of (40) seventh basic grade female students from Beit Ids basic school in the first semester 2021/2022, conveniently selected. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups, (20) students in the experimental group taught by interactive e- book, and (20) students in the control group taught by conventional method. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences at the significance level (α = 0.05) between the performance means in creative reading comprehension skills, in the favor of the experimental group.

Keywords: Interactive E-Book, Reading Comprehension Skills, Seventh Grade Arabic Language Textbook.