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Publication Date: 2007-Mar
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Strategy Instruction in Reading Comprehension: An Intervention Study for Students with Learning Disabilities
Antoniou, Faye; Souvignier, Elmar
Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, v5 n1 p41-57 Mar 2007
Teaching reading strategies and guiding students towards self-regulated reading routines are promising approaches to fostering reading comprehension in students with learning disabilities. The aim of this study was to evaluate in a sample of 73 fifth to eighth graders with learning disabilities (IQ higher than 85 and reading skills below expectation) a reading-strategy program containing reading and self-regulation strategies. The program was taught to the experimental group by their general or special education teachers, whereas the control group received traditional reading instruction. A pre-, post- and followup design was used during an entire academic year assessing reading-strategy knowledge, reading comprehension, and reading self-efficacy. Immediately after completion of the program only effects on reading strategy knowledge were significant; however, followup measures yielded meaningful gains in the experimental group for reading comprehension (d = 0.80), reading-strategy knowledge (d = 0.62), and reading self-efficacy (d = 0.78). (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Reading Strategies, Special Education Teachers, Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Self Control, Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness, Conventional Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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