Interspersal of Known Items in a Treatment Package to Teach Sight Words to Students with Behavior Disorders.

Browder, Diane M.; Shear, Stewart M.

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ERIC Number: EJ517965

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Interspersal of Known Items in a Treatment Package to Teach Sight Words to Students with Behavior Disorders.

Browder, Diane M.; Shear, Stewart M.

Journal of Special Education, v29 n4 p400-13 Win 1996

Three students (ages 12-16) with moderate mental retardation and severe behavior disorders were taught to read sight words related to the daily newspaper weather report by a method that interspersed known words with new words. Students mastered the 10 sight words and showed some improvement in reading the weather report. (DB)

Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Behavior Disorders, Difficulty Level, Functional Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Moderate Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Newspapers, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Sight Vocabulary, Weather

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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