1. Research Proposal
Faculty of Education, Rangsit University
Name: Yeshey Last Name: Nidup
Student’s I.D: 5507447
Master of Education in Curriculum and
Instruction

2. THESIS TITLE:
A Study of Reading Comprehension Ability in
Dzongkha Language of the Tenth Grade Students
Through Reciprocal Teaching Method

3. BACKGROUND/SIGNIFICANT OF THE
STUDY
 Dominated by traditional method
 Students are not able to understand what they
read

4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 Is there a difference in student academic
achievement in Dzongkha between the use of
traditional method and reciprocal teaching
method?
 As like in other subjects will this new method
work in Dzongkha subject?
 Do the student have positive opinion towards the
reciprocal teaching method?

5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
 To study the effect of reciprocal teaching method
on the learning achievement of tenth grade
studying Dzongkha.
 To assess and compare the effects of reciprocal
teaching and traditional method on the academic
achievement of tenth standard.
 To evaluate the opinion of students’ towards
reciprocal teaching.

6. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK/ CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
 Vygotsky's Social Learning Theory
Cognitive apprenticeship
Social learning
ZPD
Scaffolding

7. SCOPE OF STUDY
Location of the Study
Bartsham Middle Secondary School
Population and Sample
The population will comprise of grade 10 students
of Bartsham

8. Variables
Independent Dependent
Variable Variables
Reciprocal Learning
Teaching Achievement
Opinion of
the Students

9. Content of the study
Content topic: all will be an
Activities
expository essays
Pretest, introduction, modeling,
Natural resources
guided practise and presentation
Group work,(four members in a
Good leader
group)
Related to culture: dancer in Group work (two member
eastern Bhutan. group)
Individual work, (uses RT book
Bhutan and tobacco
mark and RT work sheet)
unconditional rainfall: global teacher sit with poor readers and
warming? discuss
Youth and drugs in Bhutan student learns by doing. Post
test, opinion questionnare

10. RESEARCH DESIGN
Experimental Control group
Pre test Pre test
Treatment No Treatment
Post test Post test
Opinion
questionnaire

11. MATERIALS
 Achievement test
 Opinion questionnaire
 Lesson plan
 RT book Mark
 RT Worksheet
 Six Expository essay

12. DATA COLLECTION:
 With due permission from Education Ministry,
District Education Officer, and from the
principal, the researcher will meet with the
concern teacher to discuss about the study and
to adjust period for this study.

13. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
 Committee from Rangsit university and
co advisor from Bhutan will assess the
instrument that a researcher is going to
use in the study.

14. DATA ANALYSIS
Ttest will be carried out to compare
the mean and the standard deviation
between the groups and within the
group.

15. IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY
 The result of this research will be useful for
future Dzongkha teachers in Bhutan to improve
their performance in teaching Dzongkha using
reciprocal teaching.
 This study will provide as a reference for other
Bhutanese researchers to research in related fields
of studies.

16. GLOSSARY/DEFINITION OF THE TERMS
 Comprehension: ability to understand what
we read
 Dzongkha: one of the subjects taught in
Bhutan, the national language of Bhutan.
 Learning achievement: score of the student
in achievement test.
 Opinion: beliefs and views of the students
and on reciprocal teaching.

17. CONT…
 Reciprocal teaching: A method composed of four
strategies that leads to be a perfect readers.