ERIC Number: EJ971374
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Reading Comprehension Interventions for Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of 30 Years of Research
Solis, Michael; Ciullo, Stephen; Vaughn, Sharon; Pyle, Nicole; Hassaram, Bindiya; Leroux, Audrey
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v45 n4 p327-340 Jul-Aug 2012
The authors conducted a synthesis of studies of reading comprehension interventions for middle school students (Grades 6-8) identified with a learning disability. They identified 12 studies between 1979 and 2009 with treatment and comparison designs and 2 single-participant studies. Findings from the studies indicate large effect sizes for researcher-developed comprehension measures. Few studies (n = 4) reported standardized measures of reading comprehension, which indicated medium effect sizes. The majority of study treatments (n = 13) utilized strategy instruction related to main idea or summarization. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Effect Size, Intervention, Synthesis, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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