The Impact of Marzano`s Third Dimension ‘Extending and Refining Knowledge’ on Students’ Reading Comprehension

The present study aims at identifying the impact of Marzano s model of reading comprehension on fifth-grade/ High school Iraqi students; and measuring the change(s) in fifth grade students’ understanding of English language as a result of using Marzano’s model.Marzano`s model is a modern curricula in teaching because it represents an integrated framework for the organization of learning outcomes. It can be used in various grades to improve the teaching and learning process.Results showed that the level of the experimental group which was taught according to Marzano`s model of teaching did better than the control group which was taught in the traditional way. There were statistically significant differences at the achievement level, in the literal level of reading comprehension, in the inferential level of reading comprehension, and in the critical level of reading comprehension between the scores of the experimental group and the control group.