Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Students with Learning Disabilities: A Review of Research.

Gersten, Russell; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Williams, Joanna P.; Baker, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ644216

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Publication Date: 2001

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Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Students with Learning Disabilities: A Review of Research.

Gersten, Russell; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Williams, Joanna P.; Baker, Scott

Review of Educational Research, v71 n2 p279-320 Sum 2001

Reviews research on reading comprehension for students with learning disabilities focusing on studies on instruction to improve comprehension of narrative text and expository text. Discusses emerging issues in the field, including use of socially mediated strategies, teaching multiple strategies to students, and teaching specific strategies as opposed to merely providing frameworks to structure dialogue on texts read. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED498785; ED502398

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Note: Research supported in part by Contract Number HS92017001 from the Office of Special Education Programs and a grant form the National Center for Learning Disabilities.