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Decomposing the Variance in Reading Comprehension to Reveal the Unique and Common Effects of Language and Decoding
Published on: October 11, 2018
Reading comprehension interventions for middle school students with learning disabilities: a synthesis of 30 years of
Michael Solis1, Stephen Ciullo, Sharon Vaughn
1University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. msolflag@gmail.com
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.
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