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Jawaher Aljuwayhir – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Having the ability to read is an essential skill for an individual. However, comprehension, the aim of reading, is a complex cognitive process that involves constructing meaning through deliberate thinking. Unfortunately, students with learning disabilities (LD) often struggle with reading, which impairs their comprehension abilities. Repeated…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Arabic, Reading Comprehension
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Anatoli Kirpouiki; Ioannis Agaliotis – British Journal of Special Education, 2025
We examined the efficacy of two interventions aiming to strengthen argumentative text comprehension in Greek secondary students with specific reading disability or low reading achievement of unspecified cause. The first intervention (control group, n = 29) was based on principles of systematic explicit instruction, whereas in the second one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Intervention, Persuasive Discourse
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Engin Yilmaz; Macid Ayhan Melekoglu – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the Repeated Reading and Visual Comprehension Program (TOGAP) developed to support the reading comprehension skills of primary school students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. The research was conducted with four primary school students with SLD. The changing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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Deniz Aysegül Sögüt; Macid Ayhan Melekoglu – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
Reading interventions focusing on self-determination can effectively improve the academic performance of students with learning disabilities (LD). This study investigated the effects of a multicomponent reading comprehension strategy intervention, which is based on the Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI), on the use of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
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Dilan Kisikyol; Matthias Grünke; Jennifer Karnes; Anne Barwasser – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2024
This single case study (multiple baselines) evaluates the efficacy of an intervention called "reading racetracks" among three eight-year-old boys with diverse backgrounds, including learning disabilities, limited language proficiency due to migration, and socio-economic challenges. Conducted over three weeks, the training demonstrated…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Mazhar Bal; Adile Yilmaz; Aysegül Ünal – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
The aim of this research is to create an inclusive reading and writing learning environment in a class of 8 people, including students with different learning levels, and even learning difficulties. While associating the inclusive approach with the reading and writing process, the researchers prepared an action plan consisting of popular culture…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Lama K. Farran; Diana Mindrila; Mariam El Amin – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability. Knowledge about dyslexia is thus essential for its prevention and early identification. Despite recent advances in dyslexia grounded in the science of reading and the science of teaching reading, it remains unclear the extent to which different professionals who work with children diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Dyslexia, Arabic, Foreign Countries
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Mensi, Marina; Baiocco, Roberto; Otukile-Mongwaketse, Mpho; Paganotti, Giacomo Maria; Kubina, Richard Michael – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
In Botswana, Special Needs Education has been implemented for 25 years with some success but there is still a need for evidence-based methods like Frequency Building, behavioural fluency, and Precision Teaching to be used to measure and improve school performance and learning. We explored the impact of these behavioural technologies on reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Skill Development, Students with Disabilities
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Özbek, Ahmet Bilal – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2021
The purpose of this research was to develop guidelines for the production of an educational mobile application and to assess the opinions of its users (students and teachers). The study included 10 students with learning disabilities and 10 teachers from private special education rehabilitation clinics who work with them. Teachers were asked to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Barwasser, Anne; Dufrene, Brad A.; Schmitz, Sophia; Nobel, Kerstin; Spilles, Markus; Grünke, Matthias – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
Reading is a fundamental academic skill and influences numerous outcomes throughout lifespan. Unfortunately, many German students struggle with basic reading. Specifically, students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Emotional Behavioural Disorders (EBD) encounter major hurdles. Consequently, insufficient reading achievement and concomitant…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Rizzo, Amalia Lavinia; Traversetti, Marianna – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
In this paper we describe an educational program for the development of the study method for students with specific learning disorders (SLD) and a first Italian application on a small sample of fifth grade students. This experience was aimed at collecting useful data precisely to review and improve the above-mentioned program. A particularly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reciprocal Teaching, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Misquitta, Radhika; Ghosh, Aditi – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Fluency Assessment and Benchmarking for Literacy in Education (FABLe) is the first mobile application being developed for the assessment of foundational literacy skills in India. FABLe passages are currently available in English for Grades 2, 3 and 4, with plans to expand to other Indian languages. FABLe is designed to administer curriculum-based…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, English
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Barwasser, Anne; Hertel, Sophia; Grünke, Matthias – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2021
The ability to read adequately is one of the most important skills for students to achieve during their school career. Unfortunately, a large number of children do not have adequate reading skills and thus may face problems in many respects throughout their lives. Children with learning disabilities (LD) and behavioral problems are particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Learning Disabilities
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Grünke, Matthias – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
Many children with different kinds of learning problems struggle with reading. To help them combat their challenges, easy-to-implement interventions are needed. Reading racetracks have proven to be effective tools to increase sight word fluency in students with disabilities. The purpose of this single-case study was to evaluate this technique, for…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Sight Method, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Lazarus, Kelechi Uchemadu – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2021
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between classroom environmental variables (that is, physical classroom environment, availability of reading materials, teacher support during reading instruction) and reading engagement among students with learning disabilities in junior secondary schools (JSS) in Ibadan, Nigeria. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Reading Materials, Student Attitudes
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