Does+being+interested+in+something+help+you+understand+it+more?-+Megan

=Student Interest= =Does reading a genre you like help you understand it more?= =Variables:= My manipulated variable was the people I used. My responding variable was the different results i got.The different people had different results usually. This expierement i tested 4 people. The people pretty much had the same reults. My controled variable is the people i used and the story was the same. My other controled variable is I had them all give me a detailed summary. The summary didn't have to be really detailed, but they were asked to give as much detai as they could.

=Hypothesis:= I worked alone and each of my team did a different test. I predidcted that people would do well on a genre they liked better than other genres. My hypothesis was wrong because when I tested 2 people that like fiction did not understand the passage. The 2 people that understood the passage didn't like fiction! I found that very strange, but i guess they just payed more attention than the others did to the passage. =Plan/Procedures= My plan was to go around grabbing random people in my science class. i would then have them read the passage and then they were to give me a short detailed summary verbally. My procedures were to find people that can test and that are avalible. The people read the passage and were asked to give me a summary. The students were to hopefully give me a detailed summary. They did not have to though.

=Results = I tested 4 people 3 girls and 1 boy. 1 girl and 1 boy understood the reading. 2 girls did not understand the reading. The 2 girls who did not understand the reading liked fiction. The people who did not like fiction did understand the reading. I found those results very strange. =Statement = I found that people that like a specific genre and people that don't like a specific genre can understand the passage. I researched 2 girls in my scince class who like fiction and they did not understand the passage. The 2 people that did understand the passage don't like fiction. I then realized it doesn't matter if the person likes that genre or not. =Me: = =My confidence before the project started was good. Before the project i was really confident. I never expierenced a book that i couldn't read. During I got even more confident because someone in my class wanted to test me. I got up and went to the hall and they had me read a difficult passage. I didn't understand the passage well, but at the end i was more confident knowing hey i did this difficult passage and got through it. Now that were pretty much after the project i feel great about my reading. I go home and read everyday for 2 hours or more.( if i get caught up in the book)=