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Tanners, Adam; McDougall, Dennis; Skouge, Jim; Narkon, Drue – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of this alternating treatment, single-case research study was to compare reading comprehension and time expended reading, of a doctoral student with learning disabilities, under two reading conditions. In condition one, the student used a self-discovered accommodation, that is, listening, on an iPod, to an audiobook version…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks, Learning Disabilities
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Coleman, Mari Beth; Killdare, Laura K.; Bell, Sherry Mee; Carter, Amanda M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of text-to-speech software on reading fluency and comprehension for four postsecondary students with below average reading fluency and comprehension including three students diagnosed with learning disabilities and concomitant conditions (e.g., attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, seizure…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Computer Software, Korean
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Moorman, Amanda; Boon, Richard T.; Keller-Bell, Yolanda; Stagliano, Christina; Jeffs, Tara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a text-to-speech software program known as "Read Please" on the reading rate and reading comprehension accuracy of two high school students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading. A single-subject A-B-A-B "withdrawal" research design (Alberto & Troutman,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Computer Software, Reading Rate