Authors : Kristel Mae C. Realiza

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul1273

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Abstract : Reading comprehension is a critical cognitive skill that plays a major role in a student’s academic success and intellectual progression. At the junior high school level Reading and comprehension are skills that students must possess to effectively comprehend and interpret text as it is essential not only for their academic achievement but for lifelong learning this study investigates the factors that affect the reading comprehension of student’s. The study utilizes a descriptive correlational and phenomenological research design, surveying over 722 junior high school students from St. John Berchmans High School Incorporated through the means of total enumeration as its sampling technique. The data were collected using a research-made survey questionnaire. Furthermore, Findings revealed that the majority of the respondents were female and were superior than the male counterparts based on the analysis of Chiong Vilbar and Diano Jr. yet the study has revealed otherwise, moreover there is no significance between the age of a student to their comprehension.

Keywords : Reading Comprehension, Academic Progress, Cognitive Skill, Skills

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