3 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Empowering Readers: The Impact of Self-efficacy on Secondary School Students’ Reading Ability | JOURNAL OF INDIAN EDUCATION, published by ejournals.ncert.gov.in. Source-evidenced topics include self-efficacy, reading ability, secondary school students, west bengal, self-efficacy scale (ses), silent reading ability test (srat), government-aided secondary schools, equity. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. Question types in the export: 2 definition, 1 summary. 3 of the 3 pairs (100.0%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 0 are factual or table-based questions. 100.00% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains three question-and-answer pairs derived from a study on the impact of self-efficacy on secondary school students' reading abilities in West Bengal. The study employed a descriptive survey and quantitative research design, using tools like the Self-efficacy Scale (SES) and the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) to collect data from 501 students selected through stratified random sampling. The dataset focuses on explanatory questions about the methodology and tools used in the research.
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_document | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What tool was used to assess the reading ability of secondary school students? | the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) | Published 2026-07-15 Reading is regarded as the most crucial among the four essential competencies of English. This study set out to explore how self-efficacy influences the reading abilities of secondary school students. To gather meaningful insights, the researchers adopted a descriptive survey approach along with a quantitative research design. Data were collected from secondary schools located across four districts in West Bengal. A sample of 501 students was selected using stratified random sampling. To collect data, two standardised tools were employed: (i) the Self-efficacy Scale (SES) developed by Singh and Narain (2005), and (ii) the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) to assess the students’ reading ability. Statistical techniques, such as mean, median,t-test, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and regression, were used for data analysis. | 647 | definition | 1.000 | https://ejournals.ncert.gov.in/index.php/jie/article/view/5622 | To collect data, two standardised tools were employed: (i) the Self-efficacy Scale (SES) developed by Singh and Narain (2005), and (ii) the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) to assess the students’ reading ability. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What research design was adopted to explore the influence of self-efficacy on reading abilities? | a descriptive survey approach along with a quantitative research design | Published 2026-07-15 Reading is regarded as the most crucial among the four essential competencies of English. This study set out to explore how self-efficacy influences the reading abilities of secondary school students. To gather meaningful insights, the researchers adopted a descriptive survey approach along with a quantitative research design. Data were collected from secondary schools located across four districts in West Bengal. A sample of 501 students was selected using stratified random sampling. To collect data, two standardised tools were employed: (i) the Self-efficacy Scale (SES) developed by Singh and Narain (2005), and (ii) the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) to assess the students’ reading ability. Statistical techniques, such as mean, median,t-test, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and regression, were used for data analysis. | 277 | summary | 0.970 | https://ejournals.ncert.gov.in/index.php/jie/article/view/5622 | To gather meaningful insights, the researchers adopted a descriptive survey approach along with a quantitative research design. | ||||
| What type of sampling method was used to select the 501 students? | stratified random sampling | Published 2026-07-15 Reading is regarded as the most crucial among the four essential competencies of English. This study set out to explore how self-efficacy influences the reading abilities of secondary school students. To gather meaningful insights, the researchers adopted a descriptive survey approach along with a quantitative research design. Data were collected from secondary schools located across four districts in West Bengal. A sample of 501 students was selected using stratified random sampling. To collect data, two standardised tools were employed: (i) the Self-efficacy Scale (SES) developed by Singh and Narain (2005), and (ii) the Silent Reading Ability Test (SRAT) to assess the students’ reading ability. Statistical techniques, such as mean, median,t-test, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and regression, were used for data analysis. | 483 | definition | 0.940 | https://ejournals.ncert.gov.in/index.php/jie/article/view/5622 | A sample of 501 students was selected using stratified random sampling. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid |
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