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ERIC Number: EJ1433139
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0731-9487
EISSN: EISSN-2168-376X
Improving Expository Text Comprehension in Adolescent Spanish-English Bilingual Learners with Learning Disabilities Using a Graphic Organizer
Kristie L. Calvin; Shelley Gray
Learning Disability Quarterly, v47 n3 p154-166 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a graphic organizer for improving the expository text comprehension of adolescent Spanish-English bilingual students with learning disabilities. Students were two females and one male. Using a multiple baseline single case design, researchers taught students to create a funnel map graphic organizer for 10 descriptive text passages. Students' performance was assessed on their ability to correctly create the funnel map (criterion variable) and to comprehend expository passages during baseline, intervention, and maintenance phases. Each participant learned to create an accurate funnel map within four sessions. Text comprehension scores began to increase within three sessions. Results showed the positive effect of using the funnel map for improving comprehension of expository texts. Individual Tau effect sizes (0.81-0.92) and overall Tau-U effect sizes (0.86) and a Between Case-Standardized Mean Difference (BC-SMD) of 1.87 showed the intervention to be highly effective.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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