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Selenius, Heidi – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
Many juvenile offenders have reading difficulties, but provision of successful reading interventions in youth facilities is lacking. The reading difficulties are often related to the poor schooling backgrounds of the juvenile offender, who consequently has not developed good reading skills. The computerized flash-card method is based on the theory…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction, Intervention
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Dahlin, Karin I. E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study examines the relationship between working memory and reading achievement in 57 Swedish primary-school children with special needs. First, it was examined whether children's working memory could be enhanced by a cognitive training program, and how the training outcomes would relate to their reading development. Next, it was explored how…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Short Term Memory, Special Needs Students
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Falth, Linda; Gustafson, Stefan; Tjus, Tomas; Heimann, Mikael; Svensson, Idor – Dyslexia, 2013
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of three computerized interventions on the reading skills of children with reading disabilities in Grade 2. This longitudinal intervention study included five test sessions over 1 year. Two test points occur before the intervention, and three afterwards. The last follow-up was conducted 1…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties, Decoding (Reading)