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Reading comprehension instruction: summarization and self-monitoring training for students with learning

L D Malone1, M A Mastropieri

  • 1Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

Exceptional Children
|December 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Students with learning disabilities improved reading comprehension through summarization training. Adding a self-monitoring component further enhanced strategy transfer in this learning disabilities research.

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Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Special Education

Background:

  • Students with learning disabilities often struggle with reading comprehension.
  • Effective reading strategies are crucial for academic success.
  • Previous research highlights the importance of explicit strategy instruction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of summarization training for improving reading comprehension in students with learning disabilities.
  • To examine the added benefit of a self-monitoring component to summarization training.
  • To compare these interventions against traditional instruction.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-five middle school students with learning disabilities participated.
  • Random assignment to three groups: summarization training, summarization with self-monitoring, or traditional instruction.

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  • Pre- and post-training interviews on reading strategies and "think aloud" protocols during a training session were used.

    • Main Results:

    • Summarization training significantly improved reading comprehension across all measures.
    • Students receiving summarization training outperformed those in traditional instruction.
    • The self-monitoring component led to statistically significant improvements in some transfer measures compared to summarization alone.

    Conclusions:

    • Summarization training is an effective intervention for enhancing reading comprehension in students with learning disabilities.
    • Incorporating self-monitoring skills can further boost the transfer of learned reading strategies.
    • These findings support the use of explicit, strategy-based reading instruction for students with learning disabilities.