Reading Comprehension Interventions for Middle School Students with learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of 30 Years of Research
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Special Education
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Solis, M., Cuillo, S., Vaughn, S., Pyle, N., Hassaram, B., & Leroux, A. (2011). Reading comprehension interventions for middle school students with learning disabilities: A synthesis of 30 years of research. Journal of Special Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0022219411402691
