title: Reading comprehension interventions for middle school students with learning disabilities: a synthesis of 30 years of research.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. msolflag@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solis
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciullo
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pyle
authors.forename: Bindiya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hassaram
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leroux
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension; D003479:Curriculum; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004519:Education, Special; D004521:Educational Measurement; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011932:Reading; D012106:Research; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014825:Vocabulary