THE IMPACT OF CAR PROGRAM IN MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO READ: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

English-Reading

The CAR Program (Competency, Autonomy and Relatedness) is a reading approach to motivate students to read. This study is anchored by Self Determination Theory (SDT) which composed of three components: Competency, Autonomy and Relatedness. In the context of education, the need for autonomy refers to an individual's understanding of having option and a platform (or agency) in an educational activity; the desire for competence indicates that someone is able to effectively utilize a skill or recognize materials within an area of study; and the need for relatedness refers to the someone's feeling of being appreciated, valued, and linked to other people. These three are needed to work together to achieved reading motivation. The study utilized a Quasi-Experimental quantitative research design. A pretest and posttest was administered to 48 frustrated Grade 8 students of Tubo-Tubo National High School. Findings indicated that there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest results. This suggests that this program had potentially enhanced the word recognition of struggling students.

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